I’m beginning to feel that the volume of events is returning to pre-pandemic norms. Nevertheless, I’m sure there are things I’ve managed inadvertently to omit.
Exhibitions
- The KCC’s group show Drifting Terrain continues until 21 May
- There’s a group show – 엄마, Mother – by UK-based Korean artsts, at Han Collection 20 – 28 May
Screenings
- The KCC rounds up its season of KBS-footage documentaries with K-pop Genesis | K pop 창세기 on 5 May
Live music and performance
- Gemini, Mirani and CO.KR play the Oval Space on 6 May
- The 2022 K-Music Showcase is at the Rich Mix on 15 May. You can also catch the live bands at Brighton’s Great Escape festival
- Earlier that day at the same venue there’s the UK round of the K-pop World Festival
- The KCC’s House Concert (at St James’s Piccadilly) on 19 May focuses on music for the classical guitar
- Don’t forget to book your tickets for next month’s Festival of Korean Dance at the Place
Food
- Westminster Kingsway College has a Korean food month in collaboration with the KCC with
- Korean Menu Week at the Vincent Rooms, 9 – 13 May
- Two cookery workshops on 14 and 21 May (with two more next month)
British Korean Society
- There’s a members-only event to honour veterans of the Korean War at the National Army Museum on 5 May. If you’re not a member already, why not?
- The BKS hosts an online talk by Jieun Kiaer and Loli Kim (open to all) entitled Beyond the Subtitle – what even the best translators can’t tell you, 10 May
Books
- The KCC’s Literature Night on 25 May discusses Winter in Sokcho
Releases and publications
- Joo Yeon Sir’s solo violin lockdown project Solitude is released in May on the Rubicon label
- Books we’re looking forward to include
- Jihyun Park and Seh-Lynn Chai’s memoir The Hard Road Out: Escaping North Korea, from HarperNorth
- Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop, by Ramon Pacheco Pardo, from Hurst
- A monograph on one of Korea’s foremost artists Park Seo-Bo: Écriture ed Rosa Maria Falvo pub Rizzoli
- Gwangju Uprising: The Rebellion for Democracy in South Korea, by Hwang Sok-yong, Jeon Yong-ho, Lee Jae-eui tr Slin Jung pub Verso