August events 2013

Festivals

• The Edinburgh International Festival has three Korea-focused events this year, involving video art (particularly Nam June Paik) and a live performance with screening of Madame Freedom.
• The Edinburgh Fringe has its expected range of Korean performances
• The Kingston Korean Festival is on 17 August
• A youth-focused Korea Camp is at Coopers Yard, Westlow Hill, Crystal Palace on 10 August. Details hazy at time of going to press.

Film

• The Women on Screen season at the KCC concludes with the highly recommended Gilsotteum (Im Kwon-taek) on 1 August and Happy End (Jung Ji-woo) on 15 August
• The Choi Min-sik season at the KCC continues with Chihwaseon (Im Kwon-taek) on 8 August and Lady Vengeance film on 29 August.
• There’s a secret K-film screening in Deptford on 7 August but you have to subscribe to Mondo Pop (free) to find out more. I can only think of one film which meets the description given by Alua.

Exhibitions

Last chance to see

• Jeong Yun-kyung’s solo show at Sumarria Lunn, The Arcadian State (till 2 August)
• Park Kye-sook’s solo show at Mokspace, Pathways to the Heart (till 4 August)
• Moon Jar – Contemporary Translations in Britain at the KCC finishes on 17 August

New this month

• Kim Jihee’s solo show, Daytime Sleepwalking, is at St Pancras Church Crypt Gallery 1 August – 4 August
• Lee Jinhan and Kim Jiseon have a group exhibition at HADA Contemporary, 1 August – 1 September
• Kwon Yong-man’s solo show, Momentum at Rest, is at Mokspace, 8 August – 1 September
• The annual residency by the Korean Artists Association at the KCC, this year entitled 합, 合, Collaboration begins on 28 August

Performances and gallery talks

• The Korean Artists Association’s Collaboration programme opens with an evening of performances on 28 August (and put 4 September in your diary for an associated conference and workshop)
• There’s an artists talk to go with Kim Jihee’s St Pancras show, but held at the KCC, on 2 August at 4pm.
• There’s a gallery tour to go with the KCC’s Moon Jar exhibition on 5 August at 3pm, and a creative writing workshop on 12 August.
• Dhayoung Yoon gives a lunchtime piano recital at St Sepulchre’s Holborn on 7 August