Programmes 11:00 – 12:30 Duo Kimchi Making Competition (registration required) 13:00 – 14:00 Group Kimchi Making Competition (registration required) 14:30 – 16:00 K-Pop Random Dance Play Exhibition and Sales 8 Korean Provinces Kimchi Exhibition Exhibition and Sale of various Korean foods Writing your Name in Hangul by Famous Korean Calligrapher Master Kilchan Lee Korean Street … [Read More]
Month: October 2023
From Porcelain to Palaces – A Journey Through the Cultural Heritage of the Joseon Dynasty
This session explores the cultural heritage of the Joseon Dynasty – a time that witnessed the flourishing of the arts. The dynasty was built on Confucian teaching and this led to new iconographical traditions and aesthetic preferences. The royal family’s patronage of art gave rise to great cultural achievements, artistic innovation and technological advancement. This … [Read More]
Exploring Korea’s Sartorial Heritage Through Hanbok
In celebration of the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom, this lecture highlights pivotal moments of cultural convergence, underlining the transformation of hanbok into an iconic emblem of Korean heritage since 1883. Hanbok, which used to be everyday wear for Koreans, has evolved significantly over time. Notably, the … [Read More]
Jason Haam: ‘Karma’, at No 9 Cork Street
Jason Haam presents ‘Karma’, featuring works by four celebrated Korean painters: Jungwook Kim, Minjung Kim, Mike Lee and Moka Lee. It’s the gallery’s second exhibition in collaboration with Frieze No.9 Cork Street. The four artists in ‘Karma’ represent different eras of Korean identity, heritage and generational zeitgeists. Born across four decades from the 1960s to 1990s, all four artists are technically … [Read More]
Seminar: Drawing Action Heroes in the Digital Age
Wooh Nayoung is an illustrator known for painting western characters wearing hanbok, Korea’s traditional clothing and taking old Korean genre paintings and reinterpreting them with a modern twist. Due to popular demand, following Wooh Nayoung’s recent Q&A at Foyles, we will be presenting a whole K-Seminar with the illustrator at the Korean Cultural Centre UK. … [Read More]
Experience the latest in Korean VR and media at The Oulim
I never thought I would find myself saying that the best thing at an event was the K-pop videos, but there’s a first time for everything. Let’s rephrase that. The K-pop videos were the most understandable items in the event, and they were also enjoyable: what’s not to like about good-looking performers showing off their … [Read More]
Beyond Utopia – theatrical release
A suspenseful look at the lengths people will go to gain freedom, Beyond Utopia follows various individuals as they attempt to flee North Korea, one of the most oppressive places on Earth, a land they grew up believing was a paradise. At the film’s core are a mother desperate to reunite with the child she … [Read More]
A visit to Delight: the Seoul-inspired video projection show in Borough Yards
I thought, for once, I’d try to get to an exhibition in the first few days of its existence instead of at the last possible minute. So I dutifully forked out £22 plus booking fee to see what the Delight media art show was all about. First, be prepared to spend a while wandering around … [Read More]
Soritgonggam: Sharing Korean Folk Music, at the KCC
The performance Soritgonggam in London, brought jointly by the Korea Cultural Heritage Administration, Korean Cultural Centre UK, and Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, will be held here in London to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the UK and the Republic of Korea. Held on a special stage prepared in the Cultural Heritage … [Read More]
Korea On Stage, at Wembley Arena
In celebration of 140 years of UK-Korea Relations, a series of special K-Music stages will be held in London! Through KOREA ON STAGE IN LONDON with KBS and MyMusicTaste, there will be numerous performances that are sure to be met with glowing enthusiasm. The lineup for the KOREA ON STAGE IN LONDON festival was recently … [Read More]
Concert to celebrate 140 years of Korea-UK Relations
HE Ambassador Yoon Yeocheol will be hosting a special concert celebrating 140 years of Korea-UK Relations, in a spectacular venue: the Great Hall of Hampton Court Palace followed by a reception in the Cartoon Gallery: Welcome to our concert celebrating 140 years of Korea-UK relations! I look forward to sharing an evening of enchanting music … [Read More]
Sangeun Lee in David Dawson’s Metamorphosis 1, at Ballet Nights
BALLET NIGHTS is a uniquely compèred and intimate evening of dance in the Canary Wharf and London Docklands area, attracting the crème de la crème of international talent. After a hugely successful September debut, we are now approaching an exciting new programme for October. For the closing act of the October programme we have the … [Read More]
SOAS-OKCHF Workshop on Korean collections in UK institutions
Join us for this workshop hosted by the School of Arts at SOAS. Museum curators, librarians, and academics will share their expertise in managing and utilizing Korean objects in their collections in UK institutions. They will also discuss the collecting histories and practices that have formed and shaped these collections. This workshop is part of … [Read More]
Book Talk – Black Girl from Pyongyang
Join author Monica Macias as she explores extraordinary true story of a West African girl’s upbringing in North Korea under the guardianship of President Kim Il Sung in conversation with Jim Hoare. In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was sent from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea by her father, the … [Read More]
The Ties Through Time: an exhibition celebrating 140 years of UK-Korea Relations
Experience a world of enduring diplomatic relations that have stood the test of time. ‘The Ties Through Time’ is a grand tribute to 140 years of remarkable cooperation, cultural exchange, and diplomacy between the United Kingdom and Korea. Our journey begins with the first encounter in 1797, followed by early diplomacy from 1883 to 1903 … [Read More]
Ghibliotheque’s Film Korea: a highly enjoyable introduction to the world of Korean cinema
Do you remember what it was like when you first discovered Korean film in all its diversity? For me, it was in about 2000. Christmas in August, Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?, Shiri and Lies were among my first DVD orders: a bewildering array of stuff was available, and I wanted to know … [Read More]