South Korea

HEYRI ART VILLAGE

The loveliest village on the earth all artists are dreaming.

Heyri heads for the art village that communicates the culture with the variety genre in the one space. At first, this village was designed as ¡®the book village' linked Paju Publishing Town in 1997. But in the processing of the project, lots of artists in various cultural fields joined it. And the concept of the village was expanded to 'cultural art village'.

Now above three hundred seventy members: writers, artists, cineastes, architects, and musicians are building their artistic spaces, houses, work rooms, museums, and galleries. Heyri, the name of village, is quoted from the title "the Sound of Heyri" which is the traditional farming song at Paju province in Gyeonggi-do. Located in Paju City in Gyeonggi-do Province, Heyri is an arts and culture community established by writers, painters, film producers, architects, musicians, and artists from various fields. The community, whose construction is still in progress, includes residential buildings, workshops, galleries, museums and other cultural and artistic spaces. Here, artists live and work in the same place, creating, exhibiting, exchanging, and selling their creations.