Here’s what’s coming up in February
Visual arts:
- The Choi Jeong-hwa KCC first anniversary show Shine a Light continues at the KCC. There’s a discussion forum on 5 February.
- Lee Jae-hyo’s solo show finishes at the Albermarle Gallery on 3 Feb, while Bae Chan-hyo’s show wraps up on 7 Feb at Purdy Hicks, as does the Lost and Found group show at the Rokeby gallery
- Lee Sea-hyun’s Between Red series will be showing at Aspex in Portsmouth from 7 Feb. There’s a charabanc departing the KCC that day offering you a day by the seaside.
- Jo Seong-hee’s interim exhibition for her photography MA is Central House, LMU, 59-63 Whitechapel High Street, from 2 February
Film
- Kim Ji-woon’s hyperactive western The Good the Bad and the Weird gets a theatrical release from 6 Feb.
- The KCC will be treating us to four classic films on four successive Thursdays, with a 20 minute talk by Dan Martin to kick off the series.
- Im Sang-soo’s President’s Last Bang is released on DVD on 23 February, including the restored documentary footage which was cut by the censors from the original version.
Theatre
- Korean-born, English-raised writer In-sook Chappell presents her debut play This isn’t Romance at the Soho Theatre from 12 Feb
Academia
- Jo Elfving-Hwang talks about the Transcendental Feminine in the works of contemporary novelist Chon Kyongnin at SOAS on 6 February
- There’s a whole day devoted to Korean folk art at SOAS and the British Museum on 24 February.
Sports, social and fun
- The UK British Masters Taekwondo open championship is he’d at the K2 leisure centre in Crawley on 22 February. Sponsored by the KCC.
- The University of London Korean Society holds its annual Korean night on 6 Feb – this year at the SOAS Brunei gallery rather than the Conway Hall.
- The Anglo Korean Society AGM is on 11 Feb
- Kie-jo Sarsfield teaches Korean cookery on 21 and 28 Feb