Wednesday 18 December 2019 @ 6:00 pm O2 Forum Kentish Town | 9-17 Highgate Road | London NW5 1JY Tickets £52 – £159 | Buy tickets [Read More]
Year: 2019 (page 3)
The World’s First ‘Active’ Greenhouse
The greenhouse is an ancient invention, dating back 2,200 years. Modern ‘active’ greenhouses are distinguished from older ‘passive’ ones by the fact that they allow for the adjustment of air and soil temperature. Previously, the first such greenhouses were believed to have been built in Germany in 1619, using a stove to regulate air temperature, … [Read More]
Day6 “Gravity” World Tour at the Brixton Academy
Update 6 December 2019: tickets (£65 – £175) are now on sale via Ticketmaster, and the concert is now listed on the O2 Academy Brixton website. Korean band DAY6 are bringing their GRAVITY world tour to the UK for a date at O2 Academy Brixton off the back of their latest album The Book Of … [Read More]
Joo Yeon Sir: Chaconnes, Divertimento & Rhapsodies
Hearing Joo Yeon Sir’s barnstorming performance of Pancho Vladigerov’s Bulgarian Rhapsody “Vardar” at St James’s Piccadilly with Irina Andrievsky in August made me want to return to her recently-released second CD, Chaconnes, Divertimento & Rhapsodies, for which Vardar is the penultimate track. The album, from Rubicon Classics, follows on from her successful first album Suites and … [Read More]
Korean Writing Today: Kang Youngsook and Kim Haeyeon
Two Korean authors discuss the Korean literary world at the National Centre for Writing in Norwich, where they are writers in residence this month: Korean Writing Today Tuesday 26 November 2019, 7.30 – 8.30pm National Centre for Writing | Dragon Hall | 115-123 King Street | Norwich NR1 1QE Tickets £5 – includes glass of … [Read More]
Kim Sol group interview: letting emotion breathe
Kim Sol talks about Scattered Night, her collaboration with co-director Lee Ji-hyeon, minimal use of music, directing child actors, and portraying divorce with empathy and restraint. [Read More]
Kang Jungsuck: KCC’s 2019 Artist of the Year exhibition
The KCC’s final exhibition of the year: Kang Jungsuck: Artist of the Year 2019 10 December 2019 – 15 Feburary 2020 @ KCCUK PV 9 December, 6pm – 8pm | Register here A solo exhibition of Kang Jungsuck who won the ‘BALTIC Artists’ Award 2019’ from BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art About the Exhibition The … [Read More]
Hyelim Kim in Résonances #3 – Rêves, at Vortex Jazz Club
Résonances is an event merging live visual art and musical performance. It is curated by artist Aurelie Freoua. This one has the theme of Dreams. “A dream is the fulfilment of a wish” (Sigmund Freud) For this event, Aurelie brings together a diverse group of musicians and artists around the theme of ‘Dreams’. Performers include … [Read More]
The Hand of Fate screens at the Barbican
Can’t get enough classic Korean film now the festival has ended? Try this at the Barbican: The Hand of Fate + Introduction by Hyun Jin Cho Dir: Han Hyeong-mo (1954, 85 min) Tuesday 19 Nov 2019, 6:30pm Barbican Cinema 3 | Beech Street | London EC2Y 8DS | Book tickets Made one year after the … [Read More]
Gig review: Kyungso Park, SB Circle + Hey String
Isn’t it refreshing when a band exceeds expectations? When you were expecting something pretty good, and you get something astoundingly good. When the newbie support band has the class to headline their own gig. OK, to call the gayageum trio Hey String a newbie band neglects to mention their success as prizewinners in Seoul Namsan … [Read More]
Shim Hye-jung group interview: caring for those whom society forgets
Shim Hye-jung talks about her debut feature A Bedsore, exploring elder care, migrant labour, family conflict, feminism, and the realities of making independent Korean cinema. [Read More]
Film Screening: North Korean Ghost Ships
Nicholas Ahlmark (Director) Friday 22 November 2019, 5:15 – 7:00pm SOAS, Paul Webley Wing (Senate House), Alumni Lecture Theatre Register on SOAS website Documentary filmmaker Nicholas Ahlmark, will visit to show his new documentary ‘North Korean Ghost Ships’ and give a Q+A. Director Biography Nicholas has built a career and reputation working on documentaries for … [Read More]
Parasite preview screenings + Bong Jong-ho’s BAFTA lecture at the Curzon Mayfair
Thanks to Andrew Heskins at Easternkicks for passing on the news. Update: In addition to the BAFTA lecture noted below, preview screenings are taking place in Curzon Mayfair and Richmond, with guest appearances from the director and / or Song Kang-ho, 9 – 12 December. Some tickets still left on the Curzon website. There’s also … [Read More]
Gallery visit: Shin Meekyoung’s Weather, at Barakat Gallery
Meekyoung Shin’s current show at Barakat Gallery is the first major London exhibition to feature her new ceramic work. In the past, Shin has been known for her soap sculptures, many of which are designed to resemble Chinese or Korean ceramics. Now, having studied ceramics and glass at the RCA she is experimenting with clay, … [Read More]
Lee Byeong-hyeon group interview: from indie roots to 1,000 screens
Director Lee Byeong-hyeon discusses the creative process behind Extreme Job, from writing strong female characters and choreographing action-comedy to the realities of budgets, influences and Korea’s changing film industry. A candid and insightful conversation about humour, filmmaking and navigating commercial success. [Read More]
Exhibition visit: Najeon and Ottchil, at Asia House
The current exhibition at Asia House, featuring exquisite work by contemporary master craftsmen and women, celebrates 70 years of diplomatic relations between the UK and the Republic of Korea. Najeon is the craft of decoration using mother of pearl, usually made from abalone shells, while Ottchil is the craft of creating objects out of lacquer. … [Read More]