[스포츠외교현장이야기실록128편(노르웨이 오슬로(Oslo) 절친 Mentor IOC위원 및 뭉크(Munch)작품 절규(Scream)그림과의 만남)]
평창동계올림픽유치과정에서 하나님의 은총으로 전세계 5대륙 지구촌 방방곡곡을 둘러볼 수 있는 수 많은 기회가 주어졌다. Lillehammer1994동계올림픽을 계기로 노르웨이를 처음 방문하였다.
이후 평창2010-2014-2018유치 3수 도전 과정에서 진정한 친한 파였으며 필자와 절친이자 멘토인 Gerhard Heiberg IOC집행위원 및 IOC마케팅위원장을 역임하고 평창2010유치 당시 IOC평가위원장을 지낸 Heiberg IOC집행위원은 필자를 언제나 반갑게 대해주고 자문을 아끼지 않았다. 정말 고마운 분이다.
(오슬로에서의 회동 오찬 후 Gerhard Heiberg IOC집행위원과 함께/사진 우측은 평창2014유치 당시 2007년 과테말라 IOC총회장에서 Heiberg IOC집행위원과 대화 중인 필자)
평창 유치 자문을 들을 겸해서 그분을 만나러 당신 김진선 강원도도지사(평창유치위원회 집행위원장 겸직)과 함께 노르웨이 오슬로 땅을 다시 밟게 되었다.
그분과의 오슬로 시내 유명 레스토랑에서의 오찬 회동이 끝나고 그분의 추천으로 오슬로 가장 번화가인 카를 요한 거리에 위치한 오슬로 대학 뒤편에 자리잡은 노르웨이 최대 미술관인 오슬로 국립미술관(1836년 개관)을 방문하게 되었다.
말로만 듣던 노르웨이가 배출한 세계적 화가인 뭉크(Edvard Munch)의 전설적 대표작인 ‘절규’(Scream)그림을 직접 만나기 위해서 였다.
뭉크가 자신의 일기에 기록한 이 그림을 그리게 된 배경은 다음과 같다고 한다:
“친구 둘과 함께 길을 걸어가고 있었다. 해질 녘이었고 나는 약간의 우울한을 느꼈다. 그때 갑자기 하늘이 핏빛으로 물들기 시작했다. 그 자리에 멈춰선 나는 죽을 것만 같은 피로감이 엄습하여 난간에 기댔다. 내 친구들은 계속 걸어갔고 나는 그 자리에 서서 그때 자연을 관통하는 커다란 비명소리를 들었다.”
(노르웨이 Oslo소재 오슬로 국립박물관에서 만난 뭉크의 작품 “절규”<Sceam>를 카메라에 담아 왔다)
절규(Scream)는
뭉크(Munch)가 그린 가장 대표적이고 유명한 작품으로 석양 무렵 실제로 들었다고 느낀 ‘자연의 절규’를 그림으로 묘사한 것이라고 한다. 석양의 붉은 노을과 핏빛 구름을 보며 불안에 떨며 그 순간 자연을 꿰뚫는 듯한 커다란 절규를 들었던 것을 강렬하게
표현한 것으로 알려지고 있다.
<평창2018개최 3년 前 방한한 Lillehammer1994동계올림픽조직위원장 평창2018사후활용계획조언>
Gerhard Heiberg노르웨이 IOC위원은 1994년 Lillehammer동계올림픽조직위원장으로 대회를 친환경, 친 유산 동계올림픽으로 치름으로써 동계올림픽 사상 가장 조직이 잘된 대회(the best organized Olympic Winter Games)로 평가 받은 바 있다. 이러한 공로로 당시 Juan Antonio Samaranch IOC위원장은 1994년 Lillehammer동계올림픽 직 후 같은 해 열린 IOC총회에서 주저 없이 그를 IOC위원으로 추천하여 만장일치로 IOC위원으로 산출하였으며 그의 탁월한 조직력과 추진력을 높이 사서 그를 IOC마케팅분과위원장으로 임명한 바도 있다.
(노르웨이 Oslo방문 시 Gerhard Heiberg IOC위원과 함께)
그는 평창2010 동계올림픽유치 경쟁 당시 IOC평가위원장으로 방한하였으며 친 한파로 평창에 대한 애정이 남다른 우호적 인사였다.
평창2018 대회는 성공적 개최에도 불구하고 사후활용방안에 대한 구체적이고 완전하고 검증 가능한 대회유산계획이 아직 본 궤도에 오르고 있지 못한 상태다.
3년 전인 2015년 5월 2003년에 이어 2년만에 한국을 다시 찾은 Gerhard Heiberg 노르웨이 IOC위원의 조언을 다시 한번 되새겨 보면서 벤치마킹에 들어가야 할 시점이라고 생각한다.
아래 내용은 Heiberg IOC위원이 Korea Times와의 인터뷰 내용 사본이다.
[Post-Olympic plan crucial for PyeongChang (대회사후 활용계획 평창에 중차대함)]
The Alpensia Sliding Center, which will feature bobsleigh, skeleton and luge events during the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games, is under construction. To benchmark the success of the 1994 Lillehammer Games, experts say PyeongChang needs a sustainable post-Olympic plan for making use of facilities after the Games and boosting tourism. / Korea Times file
*1994 Winter Olympics chief organizer advises 2018 organizers(1994년 동계올림픽조직위원장이 평창2018에 주는 조언)
By Nam Hyun-woo
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Gerhard Heiberg, chairman of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Organizing Committee |
With some 1,100 days left before the kick-off of the 2018
PyeongChang Olympic Games, the organizers are striving to come up with plans to
ensure the legacy of the nation's first Winter Olympics. However, they do not
appear close to providing a tangible plan thus far on how to evade an empty
ghost town where the party has left.
To suggest a good precedent, The Korea Times interviewed Chairman of the
Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Organizing Committee (LOOC) Gerhard Heiberg. The event
is widely considered to be the "standard" of the Winter Olympics. But
before the alpine town hosted the Olympics, Lillehammer was unknown to the
world, much like PyeongChang. After Lillehammer held the Olympics two decades
ago, the small and remote town in southern Norway has become a frequent choice
for winter sports event organizers or athletes seeking place for training. And Heiberg, who has been an International
Olympic Committee (IOC) member since the Games, said the success was possible
because of thorough plans before the event. "Already from the start of the
bid, we spent a lot of time on planning of the legacy and after-use of the
different venues," Heiberg said in an e-mail interview with The Korea
Times. "After the Games, as planned, most of the Olympic Village was moved
to the north of Norway as apartments for student housing, while some hotels
were also moved to other cities after the event." According to "1994
Winter Olympics Report," published by the LOOC six months after the Games,
the organizers anticipated that for a small city like Lillehammer, it was clear
that there would be no need for all the accommodation and housing built for the
Olympic event. Thus, the organizers decided to build less permanent houses and
build more temporary houses so that they can be moved to other parts of the
country. The permanent part consisted of 185 houses, of which 141 were later
sold privately. The rest were built as movable units. The international media
center was refurbished and turned into the Lillehammer University College a
year after the game. Also, all sports venues are being used, drawing many athletes
every year for training and competitions.
"We thought that our biggest headache would be the after-use of the bob
and luge facility," Heiberg said.
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track was completed in 1992 to be the
first sliding track in Norway. To have more use after the Games, bobsleighs
with wheels ("Wheel-bobs") were introduced during the summer of 1993
and are in operation throughout the summer season until now. In addition to
bobsledding, a separate activity park was built to offer activities such as ATV
riding and rifle practices.
"After having found a solution to using this venue, also in the summer
time, we are happy to say that it functions very well, also economically,"
he said.
Alike the LOOC, the sliding center for bobsleigh and luge events under
construction in PyeongChang was a big headache for the Korean organizers
because of the IOC's move last year urging the host to split the events at
venues outside of Korea out of concern that the center may have little use
after the event. PyeongChang, however, said no to the suggestion.
"The building of massive stadiums is over," Heiberg said.
"Today, the IOC wants to have stadiums that can match the use after the
Games. We do not want ghost buildings."
1) Advice for PyeongChang (평창에 대한 조언)
Heiberg recalled the LOOC had to come up with the legacy plans first to
persuade Norwegians why the small town of some 26,000 people wanted to host one
of the biggest sporting events in the world.
"In order for the population of Lillehammer and for Norway to accept that
Lillehammer would like to stage the Games, we needed to have a plan for the
legacy before our government gave the necessary economic guarantees," he
said. "And after the Games had finished, we had a fund for the after-use.(대회종료
후, 우리는 사후활용 기금이 마련되었음) That fund is still in use, which means that we
do not lose much money every year on operating the venues."
Also before the event, local communities were set up to study ways to deliver
the legacy in the Games, such as tourism, new industries, new employment
possibilities.(관광, 신 산업, 신
고용창출 가능성) Heiberg said he is proud to say the communities have
been doing great and are still taking care of the legacy.
Heiberg was the chairman of the Evaluation Commission for the Winter Olympics
2010 and visited Gangwon Province, where encompasses the host counties of
PyeongChang, Jeongseon and the city of Gangneung, to see proposed venues and
facilities.
"We have a lot of national and international events in most of the
disciplines with receiving many athletes every year for training. Of course,
Korea could do the same in PyeongChang. If you plan this long time in advance
and see to it that you have the right relations with the international sports
federations," he said.
Though the Lillehammer Olympics is regarded a great success, as Heiberg said,
not all goals of LOOC could be achieved, especially creating long-term cash cow(중장기
수지 맞는 장사) by boosting tourism in the region -- one of the
purposes of hosting the event.
According to "Mega-events and impacts on tourism; the predictions and
realities of the Lillehammer Olympics," a paper by Jon Teigland at the
Western Norway Research Institute, 40 percent of the full-service hotels in
Lillehammer have gone bankrupt five years after the Games.
In an interview with CNN, the Norwegian social scientist said Korean organizers
"should be very careful about developing a lot of accommodation facilities
if they have not seen strong growth in winter sports already."
Heiberg said that PyeongChang Organizers work very hard, but they have some
challenges in local sponsorships and geographic locations of PyeongChang and
some other venues. However, he said he is convinced that the organizers will
find some good solutions, adding, "There is still time for this."
"For the success of the Games, it is important for the organizing country
to get many medals for their own athletes. It is also very important to get
lots of spectators and show their enthusiasm to the TV audiences around the
world," he added.
2) Lillehammer shares secret of success (Lillehammer1994동계올림픽 성공비결 공유)
(좌-1이 Heiberg Lillehammer1994동계올림픽조직위원장)
Organizer advises PyeongChang to add enthusiasm (평창2018 열정추가에 박차를 가하라)
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Kim Yu-na applauds at the International Media Forum for the Successful Delivery of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics at the 63 Convention Center, Seoul, Thursday. / Yonhap |
By Nam Hyun-woo
The former chairman of the Lillehammer Olympics organizing committee has stressed
the importance of enthusiasm and smiling in the successful staging of the 2018
PyeongChang Olympic Games, during an international media forum Thursday.
"It is a question about how to show the world the sentiment and the
feelings of Koreans," Gerhard Heiberg told The Korea Times on the
sidelines of the International Sports Media Forum for the Successful Delivery
of the 2018 Games at the 63 Convention Center in Seoul. "The staffers,
volunteers and other relevant officials should know that they have to smile for
17 days, 24 hours a day, and display enthusiasm for the Games."
Unlike domestic views focusing on physical details, such as constructing
venues, the 1994 Games chief organizer said that it was the cheapest way to
bring about a successful Games.
"When I was the chairman of the Lillehammer organizing committee, I told
them one thing: 'Smile 24 hours for 17 days.(17일 대회기간 24시간내내 미소로)' It's important to remember the Olympic Games is not about money,
business or industry, but about having fun,(올림픽은 돈이나 사업이나 산업이 핵심이 아니고 즐거움이
목적임)" he said.
The Winter Olympics will come to Korea in the alpine town of PyeongChang in
some 1,000 days. During the forum, Heiberg asked the PyeongChang organizers not
to ignore the importance of those values during the 17-day run from Feb. 9,
2018.
"Their smiles will be presented to almost 3 billion people watching
television,"(조직위원회 참여자 모두가 전 세계 약 30억명의TV시청자들에게 미소가 전파될 것임) he said. "By that,
it will be possible to show the world that people are having fun in Korea and
enjoying what they are doing, as well as letting them know the Olympics is
something really special."
Along with Heiberg, who is also an International Olympic Committee (IOC)
member, International Sports Press Association (AIPS) President Gianni Merlo
and Vancouver Olympic gold medalist Kim Yu-na were present at the forum
co-hosted by the Korea Sports Press Union (KSPU) and the AIPS.
Kim called for increased national interest for the Games, stressing it will be
the key to the successful delivery of the first Winter Olympics on Korean soil.
"The Olympics will come to Korea within some 1,000 days, but it is still
hard to say the preparations are going smoothly and perfectly," said KSPU
President Kim Kyung-ho. "So we came to consider how Korea should prepare
the Games and what we should present to the world. With the knowledge and
experience of experts in the global winter sports community, the forum will
hopefully contribute to the success of the PyeongChang Games."
*References:
-The Korea Times
