Icheon City Operates Special Exhibition on Media Board Created with Citizens

[Suwon Ilbo=Eom In-yong Reporter] Icheon City is gaining popularity by operating a special exhibition titled 'Autumn Stays at City Hall' featuring citizens and organizations using the media board installed at city hall.

The city installed a large media board in June by utilizing vacant space in the second-floor lobby of city hall, and has been promoting city administration in a new, direct and dynamic way by broadcasting spectacular videos and various event information.

In particular, city hall has been reborn as a 'digital playground' that goes beyond simple promotional methods, allowing citizens to directly participate and enjoy it. It is rapidly emerging as a new communication channel and distinctive attraction of future smart city Icheon.

This special exhibition is the first planned exhibition of the digital playground with the theme 'Autumn Stays at City Hall,' where three stories including an individual poetry calligraphy exhibition and photo exhibitions of local organizations are screened through the media board, filling the city hall space with autumn atmosphere.

Moon Kwae-sik, a poet from the Chunmee Literary Society who participated in the poetry calligraphy exhibition, showcased poetry calligraphy combining calligraphy and hand drawings learned at the community center at the recommendation of his spouse, as well as folding fan works.

Additionally, photo works from the Gyeonggi Province Chapter and Icheon Branch of the Korean Photographers Association are also on display. The Icheon Branch Members Exhibition, which celebrates its 24th anniversary this year, captures fleeting moments that could be easily overlooked and presents them in photographs.

Meanwhile, Icheon City plans to hold a special exhibition of students' works on the media board on September 27, coinciding with the opening of the '2025 Icheon Dream-Weaving Harmony Festival' co-hosted with Gyeonggi Province Icheon Office of Education.

Lee Ho-geun, branch director, said, "The works filled with members' dedication reach viewers as another source of emotion through the media board. Some people make a special trip to city hall just to see the works displayed on the media board."

Additionally, the Gyeonggi Province Chapter's 2025 Gyeonggi Province Local Photographer Invitational Exhibition captures the emotions and stories embedded in each person's daily life.

Jung Jae-moon, chapter director, stated, "Photography is a visual medium that conveys what one wishes to say, and it was meaningful to be able to convey the messages that photographers wanted to communicate through photography more clearly and beautifully through this special exhibition."