News of the early September show at Mokspace: Serendipity: Jieun Kim Solo Exhibition Opening Party: 6.30 – 8.30pm Wednesday 4th September 2013 Exhibition: 4 – 15 September 2013 MOKSPACE | 33 Museum Street | London WC1A 1LH | +44 (0) 20 7637 8880 | www.mokspace.com | [email protected] An aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. … [Read More]
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Hong Sungchul and Park Seungmo at HADA Contemporary
HADA’s September exhibition presents a pair of familiar artists, but showing a different side to their work. Hong Sungchul and Park Seungmo GROUP EXHIBITION 5 SEPTEMBER – 4 OCTOBER 2013 21 VYNER STREET | LONDON | E2 9DG | +44 (0)20 8983 7700 | www.hadacontemporary.com Wednesday – Friday: 11am – 6pm | Saturday – Sunday: … [Read More]
Edinburgh Fringe visit: Othello – two men
Othello – Two Men is a retelling of the Shakespearean play, in the space of one hour and played by, as suggested by the title, two men. It’s a cut-down version in a cut-down set – simply a free-standing frame to stand in for a prison wall (see image at the bottom of this page). … [Read More]
Edinburgh Fringe visit: Modl Theatre Company – A Romance
Modl Theatre Company has been a favourite on the Edinburgh Fringe circuit for a while. Their productions of Mong-Yeon (also known as A Love in Dream) and Dandelion’s Story have played to five star reviews. So when they come along with a new production, the expectations are high. And for a first-time viewer (yes, this … [Read More]
Sungfeel Yun’s Energy P-04 at Broomhill Sculpture Park
Ever on the lookout for work by Korean artists, LKL visited Broomhill Art Hotel, between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe in North Devon, last week. It was kind of on the way home from a family holiday in North Cornwall – a one-hour detour off the main route, plus a pleasant hour or so browsing around an … [Read More]
Festival Exhibition Visit: Nam June Paik Resounds at the Talbot Rice Gallery
The Talbot Rice Gallery in the University of Edinburgh is the venue for a retrospective of Nam June Paik’s work during the course of the 2013 International festival. While the major show in Tate Liverpool (Dec 2010 – Mar 2011) interestingly devoted a lot of space to his early collaborations, here his video work and … [Read More]
Modl Theatre Company brings A Romance from Edinburgh to London
I saw this enchanting play at the Fringe last week, and would certainly recommend you to try it out. I might even come along myself to watch it again. It lasts less than an hour. A Romance – from Modl Theatre Company Date: 7pm, Friday 30 August 2013 Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK Admission Free … [Read More]
Lady Vengeance continues the Choi Min-sik season at the KCC
Is it wrong like Lady Vengeance? I have to admit it’s one of my guilty pleasures. I sense in Lady V a slightly cocky director consciously aiming his work at an international audience for the first time, after the success of Oldboy. After all, Koreans don’t need to have it explained that prisoners might want … [Read More]
Kiejo’s cookery classes in September
Kiejo Sarsfield will be resuming her relaxed and friendly K-cookery classes in September after her usual summer break. Dates for September are Saturday 14th, 21st and 28th. For more details contain kiejosarsfield [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk. Links: Kiejo’s blog [Read More]
Media Skins: some photos from the Edinburgh installations
A few photographs, taken yesterday, of the Media Skins installation in Edinburgh as part of the 2013 International Festival. The installation was hung on the main frontage of the Festival Theatre, and also on hoardings in the square outside the Usher Hall. A poster in the Festival Theatre gave the following information: For this installation, … [Read More]
Reality Check at 43 Inverness Street
Notice of the next event at 43 Inverness Street: a one-day event with installations and a performance. Reality Check 28 August 2013 43 Inverness Street 6-9 pm 43 Inverness Street is pleased to announce Reality Check, a one-day event presenting artworks that involve sound, performance and installation on 28 August with artists Yoonsuk Choi, Ingeun … [Read More]
Happy End – the last of the KCC’s Women on Screen season
A film which rounds up the KCC’s Women on Screen season, while uniting the second and third actors from the KCC’s Year of the Four Actors: the well-regarded drama / thriller Happy End. Happy End (해피엔드, 1999) Director: JUNG Jiwoo Running Time: 100min Screening Date: 7pm, 22 August 2013 Synopsis Min-gi is a banker who … [Read More]
August meeting of the British Korean Women’s Society
Notice of the next meeting of the BKWS: British Korean Women’s Society Monthly Meeting Tuesday 20 August 2013 6.30pm at 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 … [Read More]
MinJung Baek plays Beethoven and Liszt at St Martin-in-the-Fields
Notice of a lunchtime piano recital by Minjung Baek at St Martin-in-the-Fields Free Lunchtime Piano Recital – MinJung Baek Tuesday 13 August, 1:00 pm Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Programme Beethoven – Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111 Liszt – Sonata in B minor, S.178 Performer The Winner of 2012 Beethoven Piano Society of Europe … [Read More]
Sung Rim Park solo show at A&D Gallery
Chelsea MA candidate Sung Rim Park has a solo show at A&D Gallery, 51 Chiltern Street, London W1U 6LY, 12-17 August. There is an evening opening on 15 August. Links: www.aanddgallery.com [Read More]
Moon Jar exhibition celebrates the beauty of imperfection
This summer’s exhibition at the KCC marks 130 of relations between the UK and the Korean peninsula. And it is because of those relations, and also because of the good relations built up between the KCC and the British Museum over the years, that the exhibition happened at all. The centrepiece of the exhibition is … [Read More]