Japanese-style dormitories from the Jinguashi mining era open for work-exchange stays

The senior staff dormitories of the Jinguashi Mining Company will be opened for work-exchange experiences. The Gold Ecological Park is hosting a "Japanese Dormitory Experience: Search for Lifestyle Creatives" work-for-stay program in its newly renovated two-unit Japanese-style dormitory complex. Applications are now open until June 28, seeking creative individuals aged 18 and above with interdisciplinary talents to participate.

Cai Zongxiong, director of the Gold Ecological Park, said that this year marks the first time the work-for-stay experience program has been held, allowing various types of creatives to stay in the newly renovated two-unit Japanese-style dormitory complex. The museum provides basic food and accommodation, but participants are expected to apply their diverse creative thinking during their stay and become cultural seeds in the Shueinandong area, helping to shape a new model for the revitalization and reuse of the former mining site as a “quasi” museum.

The two-unit Japanese-style dormitory offered for the work-exchange experience was once the residence of senior staff during the mine’s bustling period. Artists interested in applying must submit a “Selection Application Form” and a “Residency Plan,” including their creative concepts, past work experience, and proposed residency activities. The work-exchange stay runs from August 1 to October 28. Applicants can submit their applications from now until June 28.

New Taipei City Gold Ecological Park official website: www.gep.ntpc.gov.tw

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