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 … [Read More]
Year: 2012 (page 38)
Shin Kyung-sook on MAN shortlist
Congratulations to Shin Kyung-sook, whose Please Look After Mother (translated by Kim Chi-young) is shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize, announced yesterday: http://t.co/hORsoPB9 (Photo: Korea Herald) Update 8 March 2012: the title has also been included in the longlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012 – an award established by the Independent newspaper … [Read More]
‘M’ is the second of Lee Myung-se’s films at the KCC this month
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 … [Read More]
Look out for the adult-themed animation The Dearest
Korea is really putting its adult themed marks on animations. I’ll be watching out for THE DEAREST (2011) http://t.co/Zf8ES0Tp – says @KoreanFilmBiz [Read More]
The London Korean Links Awards 2011
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 … [Read More]
London Information Centre: Hyemin Park at Mokspace
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 … [Read More]
WHITE (2011): another vengeful ghost
WHITE (2011): another vengeful ghost, this time haunting the world of K-pop. Sounds brilliant. http://t.co/GvCtEr1k RT @ColetteBalmain It has gone right to the top of my watching pile. [Read More]
An Myung-nam at the Mall Galleries
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 … [Read More]
President Lee’s New Year Message: Beyond Crisis Toward Hope
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 … [Read More]
2012 Joint New Year Editorial: “The entire army should place absolute trust in Kim Jong Un and defend him unto death”
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 … [Read More]
Darcy’s top 10 of 2011
Darcy at Koreanfilm.org has compiled his top 10 list for the year with a surprising amount of low budget independents. Via @KoreanFilmBiz [Read More]
A new Kyung Hyun Kim book hits the stores soon
I confess that I didn’t much enjoy Kyung Hyun Kim’s first book – The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema – but I’ll still be getting his new one, Virtual Hallyu – Korean Cinema of the Global Era, which is available from Amazon later this month. [Read More]
LKL Critics’ Choice 2011: Philip
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 … [Read More]
January events 2012
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 Pulgasari (1985 … [Read More]
January is Lee Myung-se month at the KCC
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 … [Read More]
Ji Dong-won humbles Man City
Ji Whizz – even the Telegraph resorts to feeble puns to celebrate Ji Dong-won’s last minute goal for Sunderland against top of the league Man City on 1 January. Ji was clearly off-side, but a great goal anyway. [Read More]