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Category Archives: KCCUK
To coincide with the current exhibition at the KCC, Korean Painting and Craft Art: Creations from Tradition, there's a special lecture on 2 December.
We are delighted to invite you our special lecture, "Korean Crafts: Ancient & Modern", on 2nd of December 2008. The lecturer, Professor Pak Youngsook received PhD from Heidelberg University and taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London) for more than 20 years.
If you want to book your seat for this lecture, please reply to this email with your full name, number of seat(s) and your email address.
o Title: Korean Crafts: Ancient & Modern
o Date: 2008.12.2(Tues) 6:30-7:30 pm
o Venue: Multi-Purpose Hall at Korean Cultural Centre UK
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Notice of the exhibition at the KCC, which opens tomorrow:
Korean Painting and Craft Art: Creations from Tradition
Exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre UK
11 Nov 2008 - 4 December 2008
The exhibition showcases JU-WON JANG, NAMI KIM, CHEON-BO, and YOUNG-JUN KIM,
four Korean artists who have shaped recent developments in precious ornaments, embroidery, painting and modern lacquer manufacturing.
Korean Jade by Ju-won JANG
Jade has been used in Korea from the Stone Age onwards, especially during the Three Kingdoms period (57 BC-935 AD) as evidenced by the many jade beads excavated from various ancient tombs. The white, soft qualities of Jade convey persistence, mildness, subtlety, and patience. Emblematic of the Korean character, Jade symbolises the best of human qualities. During the Goryeo Dynasty ...
Blight, Hope and Photoshop
25-Oct-08
“This is not a Korean exhibition” announced Lee Chan-Buom, Director of the Cultural Cooperation Division of Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as he introduced the panellists at a fascinating discussion to coincide with the “Blight and Hope” exhibition at the KCC.
With sponsorship from the British Council and the UNDP, there was to plenty support Director Lee’s claim of “widespread ownership” for the exhibition. But of course there is a Korean angle. Korea has had the experience of extreme poverty within the living memory of half its population. Indeed, One of Lee’s earliest memories was of an overnight visit from a burglar who raided his kitchen for food and then washed the dishes afterwards.
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“Poverty Seen through the Lens” at KCC
18-Oct-08
Notice of the upcoming show at the KCC, featuring Korean and non-Korean photographers
An international photography exhibition on the topic of global poverty will be held at the Korean Cultural Centre UK, from 21 October to 4 November 2008, under the title of "Blight and Hope: Poverty Seen Through the Lens," hosted by the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and organized by the Korea Foundation. The exhibition is supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the British Council, the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and a broad spectrum of other organizations spanning both the private and public sectors.
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The exhibition is a powerful mix of photography ...
Korea at 60: Forwards and Upwards
04-Oct-08
From the KCC website:
The government of the Republic of Korea was established on August 15, 1948 after three years of U.S. military administration following liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
Date: 6 October 2008 13 October 2008
Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK
The exhibition is organised by Korean Culture and Information Service, and presented by Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Korean Cultural Centre UK
This exhibition, Korea: Forward & Upwards, presents a success story of the Republic of Korea in celebration of the 60th anniversary of founding the Republic of Korea.
The year 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The country has been nurtured throughout a history of thousands of years. The Republic of Korea ...
Saturday documentaries at the KCC
29-Aug-08
Every Saturday from late August and throughout September there will be screenings of a documentary about the remarkable Silla Dynasty “Sarira Casket of Kameun Temple” at the KCC (right).
Screenings will last around 20 minutes, and are provisionally scheduled for noon, 2pm and 4pm:
Impossible to replicate with modern technology, this 1300 year-old Sarira Casket remains a mystery of ancient craftsmanship. From the golden granules that are only 0.3 mm in diameter to the carvings of expressions on faces smaller than a rice-grain, this masterpiece of Buddhist metalwork houses many untold secrets.
While you're there, you can sample the CD and DVD library downstairs, and browse around the ceramics exhibition on the ground floor.
Links:
The Sarira Casket at Seoul National Museum
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Make this Saturday a Korean day
22-Aug-08
I've already told you about the films this Saturday. Take your pick between The Chaser at 4:40 in Leicester Square and Seven Days in Brunswick Square at 6:30.
How about making a whole day of it?
Turn up at the Korean Cultural Centre earlier in the day and browse the DVD / CD library and watch your favourite soap / sample the singing talents of the shapliest K-popstrel in the audio-visual section downstairs. Stroll round the exhibition of Korean and English (and Korean-English) Vessels on the ground floor.
Pop across the river to the Hayward Gallery to see Psycho Buildings. It's not often you get to see a hip international Korean artist showing at a South Bank venue. Book in advance for your ...
Honorifics at the KCC
15-Aug-08
Lucien Brown has been leading the beginners' Korean Language class at the KCC with infinite patience and good humour for the past eight weeks. Some of us are still struggling with telling the time in Korean but we still come back for more.
We’ll be getting an extra dose of our favourite 선생님 next week: he will be lecturing at the KCC on Tuesday evening on the subject of Korean Honorifics – a topic which justifies its own entry in wikipedia.
Here's his own introduction to his talk
In this lecture, after describing the linguistic forms of Korean honorifics, I investigate two patterns of honorifics use in modern Korean society (normative use and strategic use).
"Honorifics" are linguistic resources that speakers use to express ...
Vessels at the KCC
11-Aug-08
The KCC's exhibition for August and September is a juxtaposition of work by British and Korean ceramicists.
Vessels: Ceramicists from Korea & UK
Exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre UK
12 August – 25 September 2008
Participating Artists (in alphabetical order):
Felicity Aylieff | Sena Gu | Jeong Yong Han | Chris Keenan | Sun Kim | Hyejeong Kim | Eun-bum Lee | Yong Phill Lee | Chun Soo Lee | Rupert Spira | Heesook Ko | Sol Yoon
The exhibition presents the unparalleled aesthetics and craftsmanship of the 21st century through the brilliant work of twelve artists. Representing both Korea and the UK, these artists have produced ceramic wonders that are not only breaking new ground but which also incorporate the uniquely congruent language ...
Saturday documentaries at the KCC
24-Jul-08
This Saturday there will be a screening of a short film entitled "The History of Gold" at the Korean Cultural Centre at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm.
Each screening will last around 30 minutes.
Silla dynasty gold earrings, 6th century AD. Diameter 3.5cm, Height 8.3cm. National Treasure No. 90, Seoul National Museum.
Silla people decorate their houses with silk interwoven with golden thread, and use golden plates and cutlery at meals
(Arab historian, 10th century)
A country that is filled with the splendour of gold and silver, such is the Kingdom of Silla
(Chronicles of Japan, AD 720)
Referred to as a "Nation of Gold" by its neighbours, Korea is a country with an extraordinary history in gold craftmanship. Of the ten pure gold crowns from ancient times, ...
Architecture lectures at KCC
10-Jul-08
Two talks this month in connection with the London Festival of Architecture and the U_Design City exhibition at the KCC. From the KCC website:
Korean Cultural Centre UK's U_Design City_Seoul exhibition, in association with London Architectural Festival and in collaboration with Seoul Metropolitan City Government, runs from 20 June to 2 August. The exhibition introduces Seoul's selection as 'World Design Capital 2010' and Seoul's architectural history. The 'World Design Plaza' is the core building to Seoul's future development as the design centre of the world. These lecture series for July attempts to introduce the vision behind the World Design Plaza by the leading architect and the director of Zaha Hadid Architects, followed by a lecture on the architectural history by occidental ...
Lee Chang Dong featured at KCC
09-Jul-08
The theme for this month’s films at the KCC film club is Director Lee Chang Dong (right).
A few weeks ago we had Im Sang-soo at the KCC talking about his “modern Korean history trilogy”; and the recent KOFIC book on Im says:
Im Sang Soo is practically the only director now making films that take a long look at the lives of contemporary Koreans without losing their historical sense … There are few texts as good at understanding the sensibilities and concerns of modern Koreans as the films of Im Sang Soo.
Strike out Im Sang Soo and replace with Lee Chang Dong and you have a statement with even greater validity. Having started as a writer Director Lee learned film-making on ...
The Cho-in Theatre Company ended their two-week tour of England at the KCC on Monday. They're now off to the Avignon Festival before returning for their now regular slot at the Edinburgh Fringe in August.
Cho-in was founded in 2002 by Chung-euy Park. It has a wily eye on the international market, with its productions generally non-verbal, and having hired an English international manager (Lucinda Walker - right), who introduced the company to the KCC audience this week.
The company's first two productions sound homely enough. Their brochure says introduces their first production, The Train (70 mins), thus:
This beautiful Korean folktale explores the fragility of everyday life, and the endurance of human love.
Similarly, the second production:
The Angel and the Woodcutter is a ...
From Elgar to Shamans and Spicy Squid
30-Jun-08
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 ...
Behind the scenes with the KAA
29-Jun-08
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. ...
Grandpa as salesman
26-Jun-08
The Image of the Elderly in British and Korean Contemporary Advertising
Lecture by Dr. Hyunsun Yoon
Korean Cultural Centre, 24th June 2008
Report by Saharial, with photo by Matthew Jackson
This informative lecture by Dr. Hyunsun Yoon examined the way the elderly are represented in both British and Korean advertising.
A growing demographic, the elderly population is regarded with a great difference between the two cultures, something demonstrated well when comparing various advertising clips. Confucian values of family, filial duty and respect for the elderly provide the basis for the Korean perception, the elderly portrayed as helpful, doing gentle activities, imparting wisdom and embodying the feeling of ‘Han’. ‘Han’ is a concept of wistfulness, nostalgia and reminiscence, often related to the unique political situation in ...
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 ...
Maps political and pictorial
16-Jun-08
I'm sorry I never had any time to write up the Map exhibition at the KCC properly. Alas, it's over now. I managed to miss most of Beth McKillop's informative talk, and never had the chance to persuade Shin Eunjeong to show me around. If I get a moment I'll do a quick Reader's Digest version of the catalogue, but in the meantime here's the map I found most fun - because it's a little bit controversial.
It looks innocuous enough to start with. Here's the little label that goes with it.
Sorry it's a bit blurred, but you can read it.
A nice pretty pictorial map. The coastline has nice pretty crinkly edges. It's not a terribly good photo, but I think ...
Notice of an upcoming exhibition in the Korean Cultural Centre, coinciding with the London Festival of Architecture 2008.
The London Festival of Architecture 2008 (20 June - 20 July 2008) will be the biggest event of its kind in the world with over 400 events happening throughout London. As part of the brilliant festival, Korean Cultural Centre UK and the Seoul Metropolitan Government present an exhibition entitled "U-Design City: Seoul" (20 June- 2 August) at the Korean Cultural Centre UK.
The Korean Cultural Centre is to be transformed, becoming the exhibition as visitors are given a glimpse into the future as Korea prepares for Seoul to become the World Design Capital of 2010. Media tables, Image poles, a scale model of ...
Call for Artists
15-Jun-08
The British Council and the KCC are co-sponsoring an exhibition by artists of Korean origin working in the UK. The exhibition will be held in December 2008.
A Call for artists notice has been published on the KCC website. Applications are due in by 1 August 2008. Details from the KCC.
Links:
Download the application form
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Korean language classes at the KCC
04-Jun-08
A good-value way to start learning Korean:
The Korean Cultural Centre UK embarks on its first Korean language programme for beginners on Wednesday 25 June in the Centre. This course is a social education facility that teaches the language and culture of Korea to people in the UK and overseas Koreans who wish to learn the language.
Aiming for the practical learning of Korean helps people find the joy of learning by the system supported by the National Institute of the Korean Language.
The beginners’ course will run every Wednesday from 6.30 to 8.30 in the evening for 11 weeks in the Seminar room at the Centre. The students will receive 4 course books designed to develop writing, listening, speaking, and reading skills. ...
Im Sang Soo: Uncut
04-Jun-08
As part of the Tiger Asian film festival Im Sang Soo, director of socio-political films ‘The President’s Last Bang’, ‘A Good Lawyer’s Wife’ and ‘The Old Garden’, held a Q&A session on 30th May 2008 at the Korean Cultural Centre in London. There was a small but select feel to the gathering that took place in the multipurpose hall. It was an illuminating event, even for those who had neither seen nor heard of the films prior to this event – of which there were more than a few.
Questions and answers were translated on the spot by Seh Hyun Rho to whom we extend our thanks and also to the Korean Cultural Centre for hosting the event.
The following is a ...
As mentioned in my notice of the KCC's fascinating map exhibition, there's a Saturday afternoon educational event aimed at children aged 7 - 13. There are still some places available for the event on June 7th.
Details are in the attached document.
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Three Korean films are coming to London and Brighton as part of the Tiger Far East Film Festival
(1) The controversial CGI monster pic D-War (Shim Hyung-rye, 심형래, 2007)
Synopsis (from KOFIC): A thousand years ago, in a little village on the Korean peninsula, a child of destiny is born with a Youijoo (a magic stone that bestows omnipotence) in her bosom. To pursue the occult Youijoo, Imoogi comes to earth from Heaven with a tremendous number of followers and begins to launch attacks against the people of the earth. A thousand years later in downtown L.A., a mysterious natural disaster takes place. While reporting on the case, a CNN reporter, Tom, begins to sense the colossal legend behind the chain of ...
Sunset for the Sunshine Policy?
20-May-08
The inaugural Global Korea Lecture will be held on Wednesday 28 May at the KCC at 6:30pm
The lecture will be on the subject: South and North Korea : Sunset for the Sunshine Policy? and will be given by 'Britain's leading Korea watcher' Aidan Foster-Carter. Dr. Kwang Ho Chun will chair.
Aidan Foster-Carter has followed Korean Affairs since 1968, starting (embarrassingly) as a juvenile fan of Kim Il-sung. Educated at Eton, Oxford and Hull, he taught sociology at Universities in Hull, Dar es Salaam and Leeds from 1971-93. An early general interest in developing nations developed into a particular obsession with Korea. Since 1993 he has been a full time Korea analyst and consultant: writing, lecturing, and broadcasting for academic, business ...