In recent years, Greater Kaohsiung’s Pier 2 Arts Center and Da-Dong Cultural Center have taken the lead in making Kaohsiung a more artistically and culturally oriented city. The city’s main library was also inaugurated earlier this year. The construction of Wei Wu Ying Center For The Arts and Maritime Cultural & Popular Music Center is about to be completed as well, which will make the city’s artistic and cultural picture even more complete.
The fashion for art and creativity has also spread from the government to the public. Art shops are emerging in every corner of the city. Among the top 25 shops of this nature selected in an online vote, many are unique bookstores. Notwithstanding the rise of the Internet and the changes that has brought to traditional bookstores, there is still a group of very loyal fans. Some shops, however, have opted for a multi-faceted service by incorporating food and drinks services into their shops.
Moreover, Kaohsiung City Cultural Center’s art market and the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts’s New Treasure Island Vendor Band are local arts markets that have emerged spontaneously. All of this keeps the soft power of art and creativity going.
(Liberty times, translated by Ethan Zhan)
Photo: Ko Yu-hao, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者葛祐豪
近年來,在駁二藝術特區及大東文化中心扮演領頭羊下,帶動高雄吹起藝文風,市圖新總館也在今年初正式啟用,陸續還有衛武營藝術中心、海洋音樂流行中心,也即將陸續完工,使得高雄藝文版圖更加完整。
這股文創風也從官方感染到民間,文創小店在城市各角落冒出,網友精選二十五家文創空間,其中不少是特色書店。在網路興起、傳統出版業面臨巨變下,仍擁有死忠顧客群,有些則走向結合餐飲的複合式經營。
此外,文化中心的藝術市集、高美館的新寶島地攤隊,則是地方自發性的文創市集,讓這股文創軟實力不斷蔓延。
(自由時報)
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