LKL ponders on how a surprisingly charming film on the difficult subject of suicide could have useful lessons for financial sector remuneration strategy and sales practices. [Read More]
LKL articles by Philip Gowman (page 119)
Lee Yong-baek honours Paik Nam June at Venice Biennale
There’s an awful amount of twaddle on display in the country pavilions at the Venice Biennale. Probably the greatest amount of tosh was to be found in the Australian pavilion, which included a free-standing notice-board cast in resin, and where an empty plinth entitled Venus rising from the Waves was heard to elicit the understandable … [Read More]
Last chance to vote for Jeju Island
Last chance to vote for Jeju to be ‘New7Wonders of Nature’. It’s in the top 10. If you haven’t voted already, vote now! http://t.co/tJyFmzwd [Read More]
Chinese buy up tickets for Late Autumn
The Chinese community was out in force tonight to see Tang Wei in Kim Tae-yong’s “Late Autumn” at the Festival. Most audiences have been predominantly European. Tonight it was 95% Chinese. It was completely sold out. [Read More]
Korean footnotes from Venice Biennale 2011
In previous biennales, Korean artists have had prominent solo exhibitions as collateral events to the main exhibition in the Giardini. We’ve had Atta Kim, Lee Ufan, and Chun Woo-jung in previous years, as well as participations in group shows. In 2011 I failed to find any Korean solo events. There were, however, three high profile … [Read More]
Getting to like Ryu Seung-wan
Catching up on my DVD pile, and getting to like Ryu Seung-wan. Looking forward to seeing some more next week at the #LKFF @koreanfilmfest [Read More]
Exhibition Visit: An Eternal Cycle at Mokspace
In a hectic London Korean exhibition calendar which often seems biased towards installations and video art, we should welcome an exhibition which features well executed paintings which you would happily hang on your wall. Mokspace’s current exhibition, An Eternal Cycle – Paradise and Purgatory, is doubly unusual in featuring Buddhist-inspired paintings. Such work is rarely … [Read More]
Big Bang win Worldwide Act category in European MTV awards
Big Bang win the inaugural Worldwide Act category in the MTV European Music Awards, Belfast. Those VIPs sure can round up the online votes! http://t.co/hT1zGi04 [Read More]
Fermented skate: not for the weak of stomach
On no account try this dish. I have, three times, and each time regretted it. I thought I would get used to it, and didn’t. “Hongeo samhap: not for the weak of stomach.” (Korea JoongAng Daily). You have been warned. [Read More]
Big Bang briefly the most tweeted about act for MTV awards
Big Bang was briefly the most tweeted-about act for the 2011 MTV Music Awards #MTVEMA http://t.co/QH0dA9vS [Read More]
The new Wonder Girls album, with new look and sound
Just listening to the new Wonder Girls album on my iPhone. http://t.co/qAbQgs4s The new look and sound takes some getting used to. [Read More]
Festival Film Review: Leafie, a Hen into the Wild
At last year’s LKFF the surprise success was the animation Green Days – which for me was the first Korean animation really to stand comparison with Japan’s Studio Ghibli. This year the story may well be the same, with another animation from a director making his first full-length feature. In a country where animation screenings … [Read More]
Big Bang reunited in Belfast
Big Bang put aside Daesung’s car accident and G-Dragon’s marijuana controversy, and unite to take on Britney Spears in Belfast at the MTV European Music Awards: http://t.co/3AFOyCDQ [Read More]
Amazing photos of Gosam reservoir, Anseong
Is this where Kim Ki-duk filmed The Isle? If not, there’s a striking resemblance. Amazing photos of Gosam reservoir, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do. http://t.co/t1yETRIK via @sungjin69 [Read More]
Groove Korea explains why Korean beer is so bad
Why is Korean beer so dreadful? Rob Titley of Groove Korea has the answer: An Answer to Korea’s Bad Beer http://t.co/p3eSg6nf. Part of the problem is high barriers to entry. [Read More]
Festival visit: Ahn Eun-me Company – Princess Bari
In reviewing the amazing work of Ahn Eun-me I am always faced with a problem: how to convey in words the extraordinary visual and musical experience that is so unique to her. When writing about her Chunhyang in 2006 I was at a loss for words. Trying to convey the intensity of the visual and … [Read More]