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Francesca Cho in “Free Words”

04-Jul-08

Francesca Cho in “Free Words”

Francesca Cho will be participating in the group exhibition 'Free words' at the Mayfair Public Library, 15 - 31 July. This is the first exhibition to be held in the library space and complements nicely the National Year of Reading. 'Free words' explores the censored word, printed matter and use of language as means of expression, through the interpretations of five artists, with site specific installations, painting, photography and sound pieces: Marisol Cavia Francesca Cho Sumer Erek Marko Stepanov Katie Sollohub Mayfair Public Library is at 25 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 2PB [Map]. Opening hours 11am-7pm weekdays, 10:30am-2:00pm Saturdays. Cho's installation is sponsored by Rolawn, who also sponsored her previous turf installation at Conran's Bluebird shop Links: Free Word Show channel on YouTube Notice of exhibition on City of ...
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From Elgar to Shamans and Spicy Squid

30-Jun-08

From Elgar to Shamans and Spicy Squid

An Evening with UK-based Korean Artists, sponsored by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and the Korean Cultural Centre, 27 June 2008 Report by Jennifer Barclay, with photos also by David Kilburn and Saharial Let’s hope this is the first of many evenings devoted to young Korean artists living in the UK, because the Korean Cultural Centre provides an ideal central venue – and Friday night events mean out-of-towners like me can run across to Waterloo and catch the last train home, knowing we don’t have to be up early next morning for work. Judging by the turnout of well over a hundred guests, if word is spread through various channels there could be a regular audience for similar evenings organised ...
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Behind the scenes with the KAA

29-Jun-08

Behind the scenes with the KAA

With photos by Seong Hee Jo When you turn up to a cultural event, it’s not always clear how much effort (and stress) has gone into organising it. But even with the most informal of events, there’s a great deal of work that has gone on in the preceding weeks. With the KAA event at the KCC on Friday, it’s difficult for me to say how polished the evening was because I was presenting, so I can’t say how it came across to the audience. From my own perspective it all miraculously came together, despite last minute hitches. Some of the problems had surfaced the day before: namely, precisely what software was available for projecting artwork images onto the walls of the KCC. ...
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An evening with the Korean Artists Association

18-Jun-08

An evening with the Korean Artists Association

PRESS RELEASE The Korean Artists Association UK was formed by 7 Korean artists in 1997, at a time when the activities of Korean artists in the U.K. were not broadly recognized. Over the last 10 years the Association has organized a number of activities and has grown in membership. Korean artists living and working in the UK have for a long time expressed the desire to have a body represent them. We are very grateful to be able to introduce Korean artists to Britain through an ‘Evening of Korean Culture’ to be held at the Korean Cultural Centre on 27 June 2008. The Korean Artists Association UK held its first exhibition in 1999, and its most recent central London event was an evening ...
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Musical intermission

03-Apr-08
We apologise for the disruption in service. Normal service will resume as soon as possible. In the meanwhile, here's Jeon Sung-min (Guitar) and Jung Ji-eun (Kayageum): [audio:Track05.mp3] Sung-min and Ji-eun will also be playing at the Anglo-Korean Society event on 10 April. Book your tickets now.
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Welcome, Korean Artists

10-Mar-08
For a number of years, Korean artists in the UK have gathered together more or less formally in an Association to speak for their collective needs and promote their collective talents. They have, for example, lobbied over the years for the establishment of the Korean Cultural Centre. The most recent event to have showcased some of their members was the Chuseok event at Asia House in 2006. Partly to ensure a co-ordinated local artistic input into the 2008 Dano festival in Trafalgar Square, towards the end of last year there was a consensus that the Association needed to be reinvigorated. Earlier this month, the Korean Artists Association UK was relaunched with a new charter, new leadership and an expanded (and growing) ...
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