The Korean Cultural Centre UK is proud to announce a new Korean cultural course this autumn. Application deadline is 23 Oct 2019. The Korean Cultural Centre UK is proud to announce a new Korean cultural course this autumn. Artist-researcher Dr Young Maeng will introduce traditional Korean ink painting and demonstrate a variety of painting techniques … [Read More]
Category: Events (page 103)
Najeon & Ottchil, Korean Crafts for Millennia, at Asia House
As part of Asian Art in London: Najeon & Ottchil, Korean Crafts for Millennia 5 – 14 November 2019 Asia House | 63 New Cavendish Street | London W1G 7LP Open 10am – 6pm The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the UK presents the upcoming exhibition of Najeon & Ottchil, Korean Crafts for … [Read More]
Bandi – North Korea Through The Eyes of North Koreans
Organiser Jihyun Park explains: We are making new event at SOAS for How about ” North Korea Though the Eyes of North Koreans” We introduce about Bandi book and poem, so how much do you know about Bandi? Please Join us on the 22nd October. Bandi is just like Solzhenitsyn, the writer of the Soviet … [Read More]
Hyo (Girls Generation) plays DJ set at Ministry of Sound
Thursday, 17 October 2019 from 22:00-04:00 Ministry of Sound | 103 Gaunt Street | London SE1 6DP | Buy tickets Check for updates on event’s Facebook page Hyoyeon from 소녀시대 (Girls’ Generation) a.k.a. Hyo is performing her first ever DJ set in London on 17th Oct at Ministry of Sound. You must have heard of … [Read More]
Event report: Kim Kulim and Jessica Hyunjin Kim at Cafe OTO
Veteran avant-garde artist Kim Kulim has been going through a resurgence of interest in his work, with re-enactments of his early work having taken place in Korea over the past couple of years. This month saw a recreation of one of his controversial performances from 1970, in which he realised Nam June Paik’s Sex on … [Read More]
Misun Won and Kyosun Jung at Goldsmiths Fair
Earlier this month LKL paid a brief visit to the second week of Goldsmiths Fair, primarily to congratulate Misun Won on her special mention in the Best New Design Award 2019. The award itself went to Patrick Davison, but Misun’s generously proportioned brooch caught the judges’ eye. While there, we also visited award-winning designer Kyosun … [Read More]
Jambinai launches K-music 2019 with explosive force
Call me a grouch, but when you need both ear plugs and a blindfold to survive a gig in any degree of comfort you have to start questioning the wisdom of some of the sound and lighting judgments. Ear plugs, handed out for free at the entrance to Jambinai’s Purcell Room gig that opened K-music … [Read More]
Do Sungwook: Supernatural, at Pontone Gallery
A joint exhibition with Choi Soowhan. Do Sungwook: Supernatural 10 October – 3 November 2019 Pontone Gallery | 43 Cadogan Gardens | London SW3 2TB | pontonegallery.art Monday – Saturday 10-6pm | Sunday by appointment Korean artist Do Sungwook leads us into his mysterious woodland. Sunlight bursts through the canopy, glowing and incandescent. It articulates … [Read More]
SOAS seminar: China and the two Koreas – What next?
Monday 14 October 2019, 5:00 – 6:30 pm SOAS | College Buildings | Russell Square. Room: Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT) This event is open to the public and free to attend, however registration is required Abstract ‘Engagement’ of a kind may have replaced ‘fire and fury’ on the Korean Peninsula after Kim Jong-un met with … [Read More]
SOAS seminar: South Korean Resettlement Policy for North Korean exiles
Late notice of a seminar at SOAS today: The Complex Effects of South Korean Resettlement Policy on the Social Class of North Koreans in South Korea Dr Jennifer Hough (SOAS Centre of Korean Studies Research Fellow) Wednesday 9 October 2019, 3:10pm Room S113, Paul Webley Wing (Senate House), SOAS University of London Open to students, … [Read More]
Geumhyung Jeong: The Air of That Time
The RYDER Projects | Herald Street | London E2 6JT | theryderprojects.com 29th September – 7th November 2019 Wednesday to Saturday, 12 to 6pm Lecture-performance: Product Review: Human shaped punching bag pro 2500: Tuesday 1 October, 7pm (RSVP needed) The RYDER is pleased to present ON TOUR London/Madrid, a project by the Korean artist Geumhyung … [Read More]
Hyelim Kim w/ London Improvisers Orchestra at Cafe OTO
In the third of three performances with a Korean connection this weekend at Cafe OTO, Hyelim Kim builds on the work she presented at Club Inegales earlier this year, this time with larger forces. London Improvisers Orchestra Cafe OTO | 18–22 Ashwin street | Dalston | London E8 3DL Sunday 6 October 2019 5:30pm – … [Read More]
The Rose: We Rose You Live tour in London and Manchester
London: Sunday 24 November 2019 + Monday 25 November 2019 Doors open at 6:00 PM – Event ends at 9:30 PM Scala | 275 Pentonville Road | Kings Cross | London N1 9NL Price: GA £49.50 | VIP £121 | Buy tickets Sunday | Buy tickets Monday Manchester: Wednesday 27 November 2019 7:00 PM – … [Read More]
Sung Im Her: Nutcrusher, at The Place
Wednesday 30 October 2019, 7:30pm The Place | 17 Duke’s Road | London WC1H 9PY | Book tickets Free post-show talk in The Place Cafe Starkly repetitive and energetic, Nutcrusher looks at sexual objectification and power by questioning how we relate to our bodies, how they are presented and re-presented, and how cultural context affects … [Read More]
Foyles Korean Culture Month 2019
As last year, Foyles is running a Korean Culture Month to launch the Autumn, in collaboration with the KCC. Four events, of which the first has sold out. K-Pop Dance Workshop with LoKo Friday 4th October 2019 6:30pm – 7:30pm Level 6 | Foyles | 107 Charing Cross Road | London WC2H 0DT | Free … [Read More]
Korean day in Canterbury, with Jambinai
Friday 4 October 2019 The Gulbenkian | University of Kent | Canterbury | Kent CT2 7NB 5pm: Korean Street Food (Gulbenkian Cafe) 6pm: Facade Exhibition by Yiyun Kang (Outdoor spaces, Gulbenkian – free) 7:30pm: Jambinai | Ticketing £5 ‐ £12 | Buy tickets Check for updates on the event’s Facebook page Creating some of the … [Read More]