Seoul links neighborhoods through sweeping local arts push

Seoul is trying to redraw its cultural map from the ground up, stitching together neighborhoods once separated by administrative borders into a citywide network of shared stages, stories and audiences. The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture on Friday launched “Arts for Attractive Seoul,” a yearlong initiative that will bring seven collaborative cultural projects to the capital’s five "living zones" as defined in the 2030 Seoul Plan. The program brings together cultural institutions from Seoul’s central, northeastern, southeastern, southwestern and northwestern districts, with the aim of transforming local assets into interconnected artistic experiences for residents as part of their daily lives. The foundation said the initiative is designed to dissolve administrative boundaries between districts and reframe Seoul’s dispersed cultural resources as part of a unified urban narrative. The selected projects span all 25 districts and will run through the end of the year, featuring performances, exhibitions, workshops and neighborhood-based festivals in streets, parks, riverside a

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