Na-young (Jeon Do-yeon) works at a post office and is sick and tired of being around her shamefully unyielding mother and her pushover father who’s excessively nice. The only thing that she can look forward to is her trip abroad in a few days. But one day, her father leaves home without any notice. Her … [Read More]
LKL articles by Events Editor (page 41)
Seeing the world through different eyes: Monica Macias – Black Girl from Pyongyang
If you haven’t yet read Monica Macias’s memoir yet, do give it a try. Having attended her book talk in Richmond library in January this year (marking the launch of the paperback edition) we snapped up a copy and simply devoured it – it’s such an interesting read. Monica has been generous with her time … [Read More]
Seventeen play Glastonbury Pyramid Stage
They’re not the first Korean act to appear at Britain’s best-known festival – acts such as Jambinai and Gonne Choi have appeared before – but they’re the first to perform on the main stage (the Pyramid). In what was probably just a load of clickbait froth, publications such as the Daily Mail picked up on … [Read More]
Tacit Group and Gazaebal return to the Coronet
Immersive audio-visual pioneers Tacit Group and their co-founder Gazaebal present two special concerts showcasing their spectacular synthesis of sound and visual art. Each night artists from Tacit Group use a live mix of mathematical coding and computer programming to produce an utterly unique and compelling event. Their algorithmic art has echoes of the concept of synesthesia: “we love the … [Read More]
Jaha Koo’s Haribo Kimchi at the Purcell Room
Floating aromas of a steamy simmering soup, the sharp sound of a knife quickly slicing spring onions, the hissing and sizzling of mushrooms on a scorching fire. In Haribo Kimchi, we find ourselves in a pojangmacha, a typical late-night snack bar that can be found scattered across the streets of South Korea. There we meet several … [Read More]
Exhuma (파묘) – UK theatrical release
A shaman is offered a large amount of money to move a tomb. He moves with his companion, Ji Gwan. After suffering from serial paranormal events, a wealthy family living in LA summons a young rising shaman duo Hwa-rim (KIM Go-eun) and Bong-gil (LEE Do-hyun) to save the newborn of the family. Once they arrive, … [Read More]
Oh Myung-hee in The Future is Female, at the Garrison Chapel
Coinciding with International Women’s Day, The Future is Female exhibition by The Art Link aims to showcase exceptional female sculptors, both established and emerging, while addressing the long standing gender disparity in the art world. The exhibition will feature 18 female sculptors and 40 works of art, offering a diverse and thought-provoking exploration of contemporary female … [Read More]
An Evening of East Asian Music with the Celadon Club: Poetry and Tradition
A journey across the cultures of East Asia, contrasting music from Korea, Japan and China, seeped in tradition and poetic inspiration. The Celadon Club is Hyelim Kim, recipient of a 2023 Paul Hamlyn Award, daegeum (Korean flute) soloist, composer and researcher, alongside Akinori Fujimoto (taiko drum) and Kwong Thye Lee (xiao flute and guzheng zither). [Read More]
K-Dance 2024: Cheok, by Ae-soon Ahn
Cheok is the traditional Asian standard of measurement, meaning ‘span of the hand.’ Resisting the uniform standardisation of society, this personal and individual measurement is the guiding principle of renowned Korean Choreographer Ae-soon Ahn’s visually enticing reflection of the nature of precision. Mysterious and virtuosic solos and groups connect and communicate in a rich and sensuous landscape of … [Read More]
K-Dance 2024: Burnt Offering, by 99 Art Company
A sublime evocation of life; a danced ritual for our times. Most dances from all over the world originated from ‘religious rites’. Burnt Offering, winner of the Best Production award at the 2nd Seoul Arts Awards at the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, invites us to consider what new rituals we need, what we might … [Read More]
K-Dance 2024: Kontemporary Korea – a double bill of K-Dance
Kontemporary Korea is a double bill of contrasting works, introducing one of Korea’s leading choreographers Cheol-in Jeong who creates virtuosic and emotive works as Melancholy Dance Company, and audience favourite Sung Im Her, offering her high energy and engaging personality to another edition of A Festival of Korean Dance. TomorrowIsNowTodayIsYesterday (TinTiY) Sung Im Her’sTiNTiY looks at the impact of (social) media on … [Read More]
IVE “Show What I Have” tour at the o2
Show What I Have World Tour is the first worldwide concert tour and second tour overall by South Korean girl group Ive, in support of their extended play I’ve Mine. The tour began on October 7, 2023, in Seoul, South Korea and is currently set to conclude on August 24, 2024, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The … [Read More]
King’s College research seminar: a Deeper Understanding of the Korean Wave
This seminar intends to deepen our understanding of the globalisation of South Korea’s cultural content by exploring innovations in the country’s cultural industries, especially K-pop, and the transgenerational aspects of K-content. Hopefully, the seminar discussion will help us to make sense of the Korean Wave in a more nuanced way within the broader context of … [Read More]
KCC screening: A Sister’s Garden (자매의 화원)
The Nam family leads a life of upper-middle class luxury. But this wealth lies on unstable foundations, and when the father dies suddenly, Jung-hee (Choi Eun-hee), as the new head of the family, finds herself with steep debts and no source of income. At last, she must decide on something that riskier than before. “A … [Read More]
Unsuk Chin and Donghoon Shin Barbican performances
Unsuk Chin has music featured in two of the London Symphony Orchestra’s Spring season concerts; and in the second of those concerts we will be treated to a UK premiere of Donghoon Shin’s Cello Concerto: Thursday 14 March, 7pm: Beethoven and Unsuk Chin Prepare for the unexpected in Beethoven’s most surprising symphony, and Unsuk Chin’s … [Read More]
Sun-mi Hong plays at the Vortex
Sun-Mi Hong makes two appearances at the Vortex this month, first as part of a quartet led by Ant Law and Alex Hitchcock – with whom she collaborated for the first time at K-Music 2022 – and then at the end of the month leading her own quintet: 2 March: Same Moon in the Same … [Read More]