The 4th Chilgok Transmedia Festival

The 4th Chilgok Transmedia Festival is a culture and arts festival held in the Waegwan-eup area of Chilgok County. It is designed to allow visitors to experience the region’s spaces and cultural resources in new ways by combining them with various media content. This year’s festival centers on the friendship between poet Gu Sang and painter Lee Jung-seop, expanding the lives and artistic worlds of these two artists through content spanning literature, visual arts, media, and performance. Notably, the festival breaks away from the traditional model of concentrating content in a single venue; instead, it operates as a “spatially mobile” festival, where visitors move through everyday spaces throughout Waegwan-eup to experience the programs firsthand. Festival participants will move along a predetermined route through designated spaces, sequentially encountering exhibitions, media content, hands-on activities, and performance programs. The festival is structured so that the characteristics of each space and its content are interconnected to form a cohesive festival experience. Through this, the festival aims to transform everyday local spaces into venues for experiencing culture and the arts, and to reinterpret the region’s cultural resources and stories as new forms of content. Furthermore, the festival aims to promote the value of literature and art through the relationship and works of the two artists, Gu Sang and Lee Jung-seop, and to provide local residents and visitors with the opportunity to experience culture and the arts by walking through the streets of Wha-gwan.

1. Main Programs Media Art Exhibition (11 Venues): A media art exhibition themed around the friendship between two masters, Koo Sang and Lee Jung-seop, taking place at 11 venues from Waegwan Station to the Koo Sang Literature Museum. (01. Intro, 02. River, 03. Friendship 1, 04. Field, 05. Comfort, 06. Family, 07. Friendship 2, 08. Alley, 09. Waegwan Cathedral, 10. Street of Friendship, 11. Gu Sang Literature Museum) 2. Side Events and Programs 〈2026 Chilgok Art Fair〉 - Dates: Oct. 10 (Sat) – Oct. 11 (Sun), 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM - Location: Waegwan Station Plaza 〈Meeting Koo Sang and Lee Jung-seop Through Musical: A Musical Depicting the Friendship of Two Masters〉 - Dates: September 19 (Sat) / October 3 (Sat) at 2:00 PM - Location: Chilgok County Civic Center (3rd Floor Auditorium) Capacity: 250 people per session (maximum 2 tickets per person) / Advance reservation or on-site registration (free) 〈Walking Docent: Exhibition Tour Program Led by a Professional Docent〉 - Duration: Approx. 60–80 minutes - Location: Waegwan Station Information Desk - Frequency: Twice daily (Sat & Sun at 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM) 10 people per session / How to participate: Advance reservation, on-site registration (free) 〈Try Your Hand at Lee Jung-seop’s Silver-on-Paper Paintings: Silver-on-Paper Painting Workshop〉 - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - Location: Chilgok Center - Frequency: Once daily (Sat, Sun 2:00 PM–3:30 PM) 10 participants per session / Advance reservation or on-site registration (free) 〈Tour Programs & Merchandise Giveaway Event〉 - Course 1 (Exhibition Hall Stamp Tour): A stamp tour where you walk through seven exhibition spaces to view the artworks - Course 2 (Path of Friendship GPS Tour): A GPS tour where you walk through various parts of Wae-gwan’s historic downtown to discover art and stories - Merchandise Redemption: Redeem merchandise after completing Courses 1 and 2 (Whaegwan Station Information Desk / Gu Sang Literature Museum)