A New Space around the Body – contemporary fashion at the KCC

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by Philip Gowman on 25 January, 2012

in Events Notices | Exhibition news | Fashion | KCCUK

To coincide with London Fashion Week, the KCC’s next exhibition showcases young Korean fashion designers in London. A NEW SPACE AROUND THE BODY: Emerging Korean fashion designers 1 Feb 2012 – 28 Feb 2012 Korean Cultural Centre UK | Grand Buildings | 1-3 Strand | London WC2N 5BW Entrance on Northumberland Avenue The Korean Cultural [...]

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SOAS seminar: The Vacillation of Culture in Neoliberal South Korea

by Philip Gowman 25 January 2012
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I was really hoping to be able to get to this free talk in Thursday – it looks really interesting. But unfortunately I’m not going to be able to make it. Folks in Cambridge can catch Professor Kang on a similar topic on Friday 27th at Robinson College. If anyone wants to write up either [...]

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Kim Jong-il’s Pulgasari: political metaphor or just a bad monster movie?

by Philip Gowman 23 January 2012
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LKL reports from the Asian Movie Meetup at the Roxy in Borough High Street on 16 January: Pulgasari (1985). Director: Shin Sang-ok; Producer: Kim Jong-il. The snowy peak of Mount Baekdu in the background and a winged Chollima horse in the foreground is the ident which announces the start of Pulgasari. The two icons of [...]

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Duellist + Lee Myung-se Q&A

by Philip Gowman 22 January 2012
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The KCC’s Lee Myung-se month comes to an end on Thursday 26 January with a Q&A with the director himself after a screening of The Duellist. Note that to accommodate extra people, the screening is at the Apollo – and needs to be booked via the Apollo box office rather than the KCC reception. Note [...]

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A look forward to the events of 2012

by Philip Gowman 20 January 2012
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We had a pretty good year for Korea-related cultural events in 2011. So what can we expect in 2012? Here’s a taster of things that are in planning. And here’s hoping the plans come to fruition. Film We missed out on a planned Im Kwon-taek retrospective in 2011 owing to a clash of dates with [...]

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MinJung Baek at St Martin-in-the-Fields

by Philip Gowman 19 January 2012
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I don’t often try to make it to a West End lunchtime recital from the fastnesses of Canary Wharf. But I’m going to make an exception this Friday to try to get to hear MinJung Baek. The programme is an exciting one, including a piano work by Korean composer Unsuk Chin, who had a whole [...]

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A class apart: why Im Sang-soo loses to Kim Ki-young in the battle of The Housemaids

by Hong Nguyen 16 January 2012
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What really intrigued me about Kim Ki-young’s original Housemaid (1960) was when I read that the female audience were so incensed by the seducing housemaid’s character, that they stood up in cinema auditoriums and shouted: “Kill the wench!” I can’t help but think that a female watching Im Sang-soo’s 2010 remake would remark: “nice house.” [...]

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Korean artists and designers at Canary Wharf

by Philip Gowman 14 January 2012
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When thinking of Canary Wharf, you probably think of bankers and their bonuses, or maybe the underground shopping centre. But among all the commerce, there’s culture as well. There’s the annual jazz festival, the occasional concert at the Winter Gardens. And there are numerous window displays in the arcades which offer artists and designers the [...]

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North Korean fashion, North Korean hagiography. Two recent articles worth reading

by Philip Gowman 13 January 2012
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In the last couple of weeks we’ve had wall-to-wall coverage of succession issues in the DPRK, and there’s been far too much to read even half of it. Some organs which previously have had little coverage of the Korean peninsula have had to publish some platitudes just to show willing, while other publications have wheeled [...]

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Between Tiers: Heo Wook at Mokspace

by Philip Gowman 12 January 2012
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Oriental VisArt, a gallery based in Geneva specialising in Asian artists, is holding its first London exhibition borrowing the space at Mokspace Gallery at 33 Museum Street, WC1A 1LH (opposite the British Museum): Between Tiers Wook Heo Solo Exhibition Oriental VisArt 6th Exhibition 25 Jan – 7 Feb 2012 Oriental VisArt is pleased to announce [...]

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‘M’ is the second of Lee Myung-se’s films at the KCC this month

by Philip Gowman 10 January 2012
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Last week Lee Myung-se’s Nowhere to Hide got the KCC’s New Year film season off to a barnstorming start. This week we move on to M (2007), which was not so well received. “M is a film filled with gorgeous imagery, flights of fancy, and bursts of color,” says Darcy Pacquet in his review over [...]

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The London Korean Links Awards 2011

by Philip Gowman 7 January 2012
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The sixth of LKL’s annual unscientific and very personal recognition of the best things of last year. And in the field of film, books and CDs what is encouraging is that there is so much to choose from. There were also plenty of good Korean cultural events in London, Edinburgh and elsewhere, but there was [...]

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London Information Centre: Hyemin Park at Mokspace

by Philip Gowman 7 January 2012
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Park Hye-min has a brief exhibition at MokSpace, 8-10 January 2010, as part of one of her ongoing projects: London Information Centre Exhibition Date: 8, 9, 10 Janurary Venue: MokSapce, 33 Museum Street, London WC1A 1LH Clearance Exchange Hyemin Park, who was born in Korea and currently works in London, has also run a project [...]

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An Myung-nam at the Mall Galleries

by Philip Gowman 6 January 2012
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The Society of Designer Craftsmen has an annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries. Among the exhibitors this year is SDC Ceramics Licentiate and KAA member Myung-nam AN: Designer Crafts at the Mall 2012 At The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 Friday 6th to Sunday 15th January 2012 This winter craft exhibition, presented by the [...]

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President Lee’s New Year Message: Beyond Crisis Toward Hope

by Philip Gowman 6 January 2012
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After the wordy joint new year editorial of the North Korean newspapers, President Lee’s New Year Message is more concise and to the point. It addresses the North Korean issue, insisting that dialogue is possible: “Peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and reunification are the tasks that should be addressed jointly by both the [...]

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2012 Joint New Year Editorial: “The entire army should place absolute trust in Kim Jong Un and defend him unto death”

by Philip Gowman 5 January 2012
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The customary New Year joint editorial published by the major North Korean newspapers serves to reinforce the position of Kim Jong Un, who is mentioned 15 times in this 5,700-word exhortatory message. “The whole Party, the entire army and all the people” is encouraged to “become human bulwarks and human shields in defending Kim Jong [...]

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2011: Philip

by Philip Gowman 3 January 2012
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2011 all told was not a bad year for K-pop, and K-indie too is reaching listeners through more outlets. My own record-buying was somewhat slower than in previous years, but nevertheless I picked up enough to have a lot of rejects in my pile. And here are five of the disks that will stay with [...]

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January Events

by Philip Gowman 3 January 2012
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The Seollal New Year holiday in Korea is 22-24 January. Best wishes for the upcoming Year of the Dragon. Film Weekly screenings (Thursdays at 7pm) at the KCC this month feature Lee Myung-se. The running order is Nowhere to Hide, M, Gagman, and finally Duelist with the director himself for Q&A. Shin Sang-ok’s Yonggary (1985 [...]

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January is Lee Myung-se month at the KCC

by Philip Gowman 3 January 2012
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The KCCUK has made some exciting changes to its free film screenings for 2012: The KCCUK Film night has extended to four screenings per month, with special monthly Q&A screening featuring some of Korea’s leading directors. The KCCUK kick this special year off with a a look at director Lee Myung-se with four screenings of [...]

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2011: Saharial

by Saharial 1 January 2012
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Looking back over my orders, its been more of a Japanese movie year for me this year, but despite that and the usual excessive Shinhwa related purchases there are some honorable mentions, one disappointment, and a winner by someone you might not have heard of… 4Men – Vol. 4 – The Artist 14 June 2011 [...]

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A look back at 2011 – part 3

by Philip Gowman 31 December 2011
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In the final part of our look back at 2011, we summarise some of the news stories which caught our eye. China This year the region’s biggest economy continued flexing its muscles: it conducted the first test flight of its new stealth fighter, announced that it had deployed stealth missile speedboats in the East China [...]

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