[문화]”Pop music concert halls will be closed one after another…Please take measures”

[문화]”Pop music concert halls will be closed one after another…Please take measures”

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Popular music venues are calling for measures from the government, saying that their business is continuing to close due to Corona 19.

Small concert halls have also been contributing to the development of popular culture, so they appealed for specific protection measures.

Reporter Kim Sun-hee reports.

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In November of last year,’V Hall’, a live concert hall with a history of 14 years, was closed.

In the aftermath of the corona, concert halls are shutting down one after another.

As the stage disappeared, only about 400 performances were canceled at the concert halls near Hongdae last year, and the amount of damage is growing like a snowball.

With repeated cancellations, postponements, and cancellations, the popular music venue industry continues to close, and most of them are closed.

[주정현 / 프리즘홀 무대감독 : 11월부터는 거의 문을 못 열었다고 보면 되고 지금도 공연이 겨우 한두 개 열리고 있는데 지난해보다 90% 이상 줄었다고 보시면 됩니다.]

The popular music venues said they couldn’t stand it anymore, calling for government support.

Due to the nature of the industry, the rental must be completed at least two months in advance, but the quarantine guidelines change from time to time, and the performance cannot be carried out.

I couldn’t afford the rent and maintenance costs, so I appealed for support of equipment and technology for’non-face-to-face performances’.

[정연식 / 롤링홀 공연기획팀장 : (비대면 장비를) 쓰는 순간 적자가 많이 나는 상황이죠. 많은 것도 아니에요. (정부가) 비대면 할 수 있게 장비지원이나 기술지원 조금만 해주면 지금이라도 당장 밤을 새서라도 할 수 있죠.]

In addition, they demanded that popular music venues be prepared as a cultural industry and a protection plan.

[이용화 / 한국공연장협회 회장 : 해외진출 및 공연시장 확대, 지역경제 발전에 기여한 바에 비해 콘텐츠 산업으로서 인정받지 못하고 있는 현실입니다. 대중음악공연장 산업을 하나의 문화산업으로 규정하고 친사회 업종으로 재조명해 (구체적인 보호 방안을 마련해야 합니다.]

Above all, the small-scale concert hall is a stage of hope for new singers, and the government’s interest is desperate for the virtuous cycle of the cultural industry.

YTN Kim Sun-hee[[email protected]]is.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]

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