News of a lunchtime talk at SOAS this Thursday: Introducing the P’yongyang project Date: Thursday 16th February 2012 Time: 12:30 – 2:00 PM Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: G2 The P’yongyang Project, founded in April 2009, is a non-profit academic project that pioneers a grassroots and humanistic approach to engaging the Democratic People’s Republic … [Read More]
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Treeless Mountain on BBC4 TV
Kim So-yong’s rather lovely film Treeless Mountain screens on BBC4, Sunday night 12 Feb, 10:30pm. Highly recommended. http://t.co/WKd93ou5. Simple, moving. Easier to connect with than her In Between Days. [Read More]
Sarah Chang plays Shostakovich at the Barbican
What a shame. Whenever Sarah Chang comes to London she seems to play Bruch. But this month, she’s playing Shostakovich 1 with Valery Gergiev and the LSO. Great programme. But it clashes with the E J-yong Q&A at the Apollo Piccadilly. Gergiev’s Pathétique, and the prospect of how he might approach the Sea Interludes, almost … [Read More]
2012 K-Pop Academy: The Application Window is now open
You have until 12 February to get in your application form for the Spring Term outing of the KCC’s new K-Pop Academy. Looks like an exciting curriculum for someone who’s just getting to know Korea via their favourite K-pop star. Make sure you download your application form from the KCC website. K-POP ACADEMY Course Outline … [Read More]
February meeting of the British Korean Women’s Society
Notice of the first informal meeting of the British Korean Women’s Society this year: Monday 13 February 2012 In and Out Club, 4 St James’s Square, London, SW1Y 4JU. The British Korean Women’s Society is a recently formed organisation. It grew out of a series of requests for help and advice from Korean women in … [Read More]
Archaeology study day in Cambridge
An interesting half day this Saturday, 4 February: Study Day on the Archaeology of Early States on the Korean Peninsula AT THE McDONALD INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE SATURDAY 4TH FEBRUARY 2012 Organised by Professor Kim Jong-Il (Seoul National University and Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge) and Dr Simon Kaner (Sainsbury Institute … [Read More]
StorySeller gig cancelled
Aigoo! February’s London Korean event of the month, the StorySeller gig, has been cancelled. There’s still E J-yong’s Q&A to look forward to though. http://t.co/tATLndZf [Read More]
E J-yong is February’s Director at the KCC. First up, An Affair
After January’s successful focus on Lee Myung-se, February brings another Lee: E J-yong, or Lee Jae-yong (이재용). We start with An Affair (정사, 1998), starring Lee Mi-sook and Lee Jung-jae. It was one of the first Korean films I ever saw, at the 2001 London Korean Film Festival, and got me hooked on the Korean … [Read More]
David Heather’s North Korean art collection returns to La Galleria
Catch the last few days of the exhibition of North Korean propaganda posters and kitsch art from David Heather’s collection of works from Mansudae Studios, at La Galleria Pall Mall http://t.co/x8Io2z6C – till 3 February. [Read More]
A New Space around the Body – contemporary fashion at the KCC
To coincide with London Fashion Week, the KCC’s next exhibition showcases young Korean fashion designers in London. LKL’s review of the show can be found here. A NEW SPACE AROUND THE BODY: Emerging Korean fashion designers 1 Feb 2012 – 28 Feb 2012 Korean Cultural Centre UK | Grand Buildings | 1-3 Strand | London … [Read More]
SOAS seminar: The Vacillation of Culture in Neoliberal South Korea
I was really hoping to be able to get to this free talk in Thursday – it looks really interesting. But unfortunately I’m not going to be able to make it. Folks in Cambridge can catch Professor Kang on a similar topic on Friday 27th at Robinson College. If anyone wants to write up either … [Read More]
Joohee Chun at HF Contemporary Art
London-based Korean artist Joohee Chun is participating in the “Exclusive Asian Art” Exhibition, 31 Jan – 12 Feb 2012 at HF Contemporary Art, Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London N6 5HG. (Archway tube) [Read More]
Duellist + Lee Myung-se Q&A
The KCC’s Lee Myung-se month comes to an end on Thursday 26 January with a Q&A with the director himself after a screening of The Duellist. Note that to accommodate extra people, the screening is at the Apollo – and needs to be booked via the Apollo box office rather than the KCC reception. Note … [Read More]
MinJung Baek at St Martin-in-the-Fields
I don’t often try to make it to a West End lunchtime recital from the fastnesses of Canary Wharf. But I’m going to make an exception this Friday to try to get to hear MinJung Baek. The programme is an exciting one, including a piano work by Korean composer Unsuk Chin, who had a whole … [Read More]
Sulki Yu with MinJung Baek at the LSE
Sulki Yu (violin) and MinJung Baek (piano) play Chausson, Schubert and Ysaÿe Thursday lunchtime 26 Jan at the LSE: http://t.co/jacwy3Za [Read More]
Korean artists and designers at Canary Wharf
When thinking of Canary Wharf, you probably think of bankers and their bonuses, or maybe the underground shopping centre. But among all the commerce, there’s culture as well. There’s the annual jazz festival, the occasional concert at the Winter Gardens. And there are numerous window displays in the arcades which offer artists and designers the … [Read More]