Sadly, the big event scheduled for this month, the appearance of StorySeller and Choi Soo Min at a Camden club, has been postponed possibly until later this year. Shame. But looking on the bright side, E J-yong, director of one of my favourite films – An Affair (1998) – will be in town later in … [Read More]
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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]
Kim Jong-il’s Pulgasari: political metaphor or just a bad monster movie?
LKL reports from the Asian Movie Meetup at the Roxy in Borough High Street on 16 January: Pulgasari (1985). Director: Shin Sang-ok; Producer: Kim Jong-il. The snowy peak of Mount Baekdu in the background and a winged Chollima horse in the foreground is the ident which announces the start of Pulgasari. The two icons of … [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]
Between Tiers: Heo Wook at Mokspace
Oriental VisArt, a gallery based in Geneva specialising in Asian artists, is holding its first London exhibition borrowing the space at Mokspace Gallery at 33 Museum Street, WC1A 1LH (opposite the British Museum): Between Tiers Wook Heo Solo Exhibition Oriental VisArt 6th Exhibition 25 Jan – 7 Feb 2012 Oriental VisArt is pleased to announce … [Read More]
‘M’ is the second of Lee Myung-se’s films at the KCC this month
Last week Lee Myung-se’s Nowhere to Hide got the KCC’s New Year film season off to a barnstorming start. This week we move on to M (2007), which was not so well received. “M is a film filled with gorgeous imagery, flights of fancy, and bursts of color,” says Darcy Pacquet in his review over … [Read More]
London Information Centre: Hyemin Park at Mokspace
Park Hye-min has a brief exhibition at MokSpace, 8-10 January 2010, as part of one of her ongoing projects: London Information Centre Exhibition Date: 8, 9, 10 Janurary Venue: MokSapce, 33 Museum Street, London WC1A 1LH Clearance Exchange Hyemin Park, who was born in Korea and currently works in London, has also run a project … [Read More]
An Myung-nam at the Mall Galleries
The Society of Designer Craftsmen has an annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries. Among the exhibitors this year is SDC Ceramics Licentiate and KAA member Myung-nam AN: Designer Crafts at the Mall 2012 At The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 Friday 6th to Sunday 15th January 2012 This winter craft exhibition, presented by the … [Read More]
January events 2012
The Seollal New Year holiday in Korea is 22-24 January. Best wishes for the upcoming Year of the Dragon. Film Weekly screenings (Thursdays at 7pm) at the KCC this month feature Lee Myung-se. The running order is Nowhere to Hide, M, Gagman, and finally Duelist with the director himself for Q&A. Shin Sang-ok’s Pulgasari (1985 … [Read More]