Arsenal of Sounds and its round-the-world journey in music reaches East Asia to welcome two forward-thinking acts: The Shilla Ensemble and Yama Warashi. The evening will open with music from the Korean Peninsula, where the members of The Shilla Ensemble were born. The group blends Korean folk songs with court music, as well as some … [Read More]
Month: March 2023
Fashion in Motion: MINJUKIM, at the V&A
Seoul based designer Minju Kim will be the next featured designer in the V&A’s Fashion in Motion series. Held in the V&A’s Raphael Court on the 21 April, the four free fashion shows will showcase looks from her SS22 and FW22 collections. Free tickets will be available on 5th April at 10am on the V&A … [Read More]
A Letter from a Million Years Past: Jihae Hwang’s show garden at Chelsea Flower Show
This year’s Chelsea Flower Show (23–27 May 2023) will have a taster of South Korea delivered to Main Avenue, along with an important message about stopping landscape destruction for the benefit of people, plants and places. At the most important flower show in the world, Jihae Hwang will raise awareness of the vital role that … [Read More]
Jae Ko: Gi (氣 Vital Force), at Opera Gallery
Opera Gallery is pleased to present Korean/American artist Jae Ko’s first exhibition in London. Featuring wall-mounted works and freestanding sculptures, the selection traces Jae Ko’s distinctive visual language with elegant ellipses, spirals, and ribbon installations made of recycled paper soaked in vats of ink. Her biomorphic creations address the relationship between humans, nature, and writing, … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: Transfer / 갈아타다 at the KCC
It involves several levels of meta to post on a webpage a digital image of an exhibition that explores questions of what is lost when a physical work of art is recorded digitally and then reproduced. When the image records a talk by one of the artist-curators of the exhibition discussing his own contribution to … [Read More]
Queer East Festival: A Korea Focus
Here is a listing of the eight Korean feature films, six shorts and one VR experience that are included in this year’s Queer East film festival. You can find the full press release here. Film descriptions are courtesy of the Queer East website. Time Movie Location Book Thu 20 Apr 9:00pm Peafowl (공작새) Dir: Byun … [Read More]
Queer East 2023 announces a Focus Korea strand
Hot on the heels of the BFI Flare festival, Queer East this year also has a Korean focus, with eight feature films, six shorts and one VR cinematic experience. The selection includes one UK feature premier, plenty of recent films plus some opportunities to revisit the back catalogue. In a separate post we’ve listed out … [Read More]
March House Concert: String Quartet
The KCC will be hosting the talented quartet composed of violinists Gooil Kang and Rachel Hayoung Woo, violist Dahee Kwon and cellist Haeun Kim. They will perform Mendelssohn and Dvorak at St James’s Piccadilly Don’t miss out on the chance of having a lovely time at the beautiful church building, enjoying classical music performed by … [Read More]
Korean movies at BFI Flare
BFI Flare, London’s LGBTQIA+ film festival, this year has four Korean feature films plus one short. There is also a first-come, first-served discussion with some of the Korean film makers. Ticket links – and links to full details with movie synopsis on the BFI website – are below. Discussion: Spotlight on South Korea Saturday 18 … [Read More]
Seoul – London Global Investor Relations Conference
Hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) and Foreign Investment Promotion Agency ‘Invest Seoul’, you are invited to Seoul – London Global Investor Relations Conference that gives global finance leaders insight into new finance business and investment opportunities in Seoul, South Korea. We hope that you will participate in this event to meet with Oh … [Read More]
Hyangmok Baik: While You Were Sleeping, at Beers London
In writing this brief for Hyangmok Baik’s exhibition, I came across a quote by Gunter Grass, one of Germany’s most regarded writers, and author of the classic novel The Tin Drum, which is, among other things, about a boy who wishes to stop growing: People change with time. There are things that happened to a … [Read More]
Book launch: The Korean Book of Happiness
From the very first moment she set foot in South Korea, Barbara Zitwer, literary agent to some of the most celebrated, prize-winning Korean authors, fell head-over-heels in love, discovering there a renewed sense of happiness and energy. In this fascinating book, Zitwer shares all that she has learnt about this vibrant country, forged by the … [Read More]
March events 2023
The pace of events is gradually picking up. Looking ahead to April, to ensure the best price for your Festival of Korean Dance tickets, book during the early bird discount period which ends on Friday 17 March. Exhibitions Zadie Xa’s solo show continues at Whitechapel Gallery, and the Hallyu exhibition continues at the V+A. Both … [Read More]
IKSU Annual International Conference 2023
This conference is open to all. Day 1: 3 April 2023 (Monday) 9.30am – 9.50am Registration 9.50am – 10.00am Opening Remarks (Sojin Lim, Director of the IKSU) 10.00am – 11.50am Session 1: Development Assistance to South Korea and Its Implications for Economic Development Chair: Virginie Grzelczyk (Aston University, UK) Speakers (30 minutes x 2 speakers, … [Read More]