Factors influencing urban regeneration through culture and arts: government support for creative spaces and fairness in arts support, and sharing of knowledge and information by artists: focusing on creative spaces in Seoul

The city of Seoul established a creative space and provided artists with space for their studios in an attempt to contribute to the promotion of culture and arts by promoting the creative activities of artists. It also sought to achieve the goal of regenerating a decaying city through the collective creative activities of artists. In this study, we empirically analyzed the impact of the government's space support for creative activities, fairness of art support, and artists' knowledge and information sharing on urban regeneration through culture and arts targeting artists in creative spaces in Seoul. As a research method, a survey was conducted targeting artists, and causal analysis was conducted through structural equation analysis. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the government's spatial support and fairness in art support indirectly affected urban regeneration through creative spaces, and that artists' knowledge and information sharing most strongly and directly had a positive effect on urban regeneration. In this way, the result of support for creative space was contrary to prediction, as it was revealed that the government's short-term space support for artists did not have an effect on spontaneity, which is an important factor in urban regeneration through culture and arts. As a result, it was revealed that efforts should be made to promote knowledge and information sharing among artists for the creative activities of artists selected for the creative space.