1 International Art Zone: Why do artists stay?

There are many art parks in Beijing, but most of them have limitations. In addition to the complicated owner relationship, false prosperity such as loss-making operation and land vacancy rate has also been plaguing domestic art parks. Due to many factors, such as high rent and business environment, Beijing 798 Art District, which is quite famous abroad, can only be an "iron camp with flowing water". Some painters keep moving out and even form some small art circles around it. The 1 International Art Zone established in 2008 (hereinafter referred to as "1") also has the same problem. The park is located in the northwest of Hegezhuang Village, the most beautiful village in Beijing. The park covers an area of 49 mu and was transformed from the abandoned factory building of the former Beijing Jingguang Aluminum Company. 1 has been in operation since 2006, and was designated as "Chaoyang District Cultural and Creative Industry Cluster" by Chaoyang District Government in 2008. Hong Jinqiao, one of the main founders of 1, said that during the construction of 1, the government's support helped a lot in the early stage of construction, and it gave a three-year interest-free loan that year. Art apartments, administrative land, auxiliary facilities, etc. There is also government investment. Land No.1 is divided into six sections, some of which are presided over by the government. In addition to the areas planned by the government, part of the investment in No.1 land depends on the income from park management. "Because we are the management, we need to attract additional investment for construction and development, and some spaces and even gallery institutions directly design and transform themselves." To put it simply, the relationship between 1 and the art institutions and commercial institutions is the relationship between the owner and the property. "The art park has a certain driving effect on other local industries and the local economy. Whether it is to enhance the local image or for other reasons, local governments now support the construction of cultural industrial parks. " Hong Jinqiao said. Hong Jinqiao said that the survival of domestic art parks is more difficult. Take 798 Art District as an example. Although lively, most of them are tourists. On the whole, the art market is very large, and the artistic content is the need of new cities. Therefore, local governments and some art financial institutions are involved in the art market and support the construction of art parks or the establishment of art festivals. Mickey used to be the planning and design director of Site 1, and also presided over the design of art parks in many places. He believes that the situation of Beijing Art Park can also be understood from the perspective of market rules. Only a few painting academies in China enjoy government establishment. There are 300,000 to 400,000 freelance artists (including painters and musicians) in Beijing, and the art areas outside Beijing are even more unsustainable. Many of them are sponsored by local governments, which use interest-free and tax-free policies to attract independent artists to settle in. In addition, Beijing's art parks, such as 798, Songzhuang and 1, are basically formed spontaneously. In this process, the government participated in certain management, and the spontaneous relationship between park owners became more complicated. Most art parks outside Beijing are run by the government.