Gwangyang-Austria Lints City, South Jeolla Province, united by 'media art'!

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The city of Linz in Austria is famous for its world-class media art festival.

Gwangyang City, Jeollanam-do, has signed an exchange agreement with Linz City and is hosting an international media art exhibition by inviting famous media art artists from home and abroad.

I'm reporter Oh Sun-yeol.

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A cool stream of water gushes along the wall.

Waterfalls, the representative theme of traditional Korean painting, have been reborn as media art.

Waterways pouring from a height of 7 meters are made of various characters that developed human civilization.

[Lee Nam / Media Art Writer: The text in the book, the texts of Linz City and Gwangyang City, the search words are converted into big data, and I'm showing a new interpretation of my DNA called "a waterfall that became a poem."]

A large number of famous artists also participated in the city of Linz, Austria, which is considered a global media art center.From

ancient to modern painting materials have met digital technology and become a completely new work.

[Laura Welzenbas/Ars Electronica International Business Director: Media art must stay awake to the needs of ordinary citizens. I think media art is the direction to move forward in terms of collaboration with the planet and the future.

Once a steel city, Linz, Austria, has emerged as a cultural city combining science and art for urban growth since the 1970s.

Gwangyang City also signed an exchange agreement with Linz, Austria, in September last year for the new future city, and organized the 'International Media Art Exchange Exhibition' as the first event.

[Jeong In-hwa / Mayor of Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province: We will continue to discuss and work with media art experts to do our best to make Gwangyang a media art city]

A spectacular media art show was held in Hanmadang, two cities in Korea and Austria, which are transforming from a steel city into a cultural city.Gwangyang City's international media art exchange exhibition, which will be held under the theme of

{8637 from light', will continue until the 10th.

This is YTN Osunyeol.