Here are the initial details of the Autumn evening seminars at SOAS. The talks are free and open to all. Date: Tuesday, 11 October 2011 Time: 17.00-19.00 Title: Maritime Customs and Chinese Imperialism in the 1880s: A New Look at Korea’s ‘Chinese Decade.’ Speaker: Professor Wayne Patterson (St Norbert College, Wisconsin) Venue: Room T102, Faber … [Read More]
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Francesca Cho: “This is not just a picture” at Mayfair Library
Francesca Cho participated in a group exhibition entitled “Free Words” in the Mayfair Library three years ago. She returns to the same venue with a solo show this month: This is not just a picture Mayfair Library Exhibition Hall 25 South Audley Street London W1K 2PB October 14th – November 5th 11am – 7pm Monday … [Read More]
Kang Bong Kyu: Korea, Koreanity at the KCC
It’s only a brief, 2-week, exhibition, but it’s well worth a visit. In fact it’s worth more than one visit: From 5th October to 18th October 2011, the Federation for Gwangju Museum of Art will hold an exhibition on traditional Korean aesthetics entitled, “Kang Bong Kyu, Korean, Koreanity” at the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK). … [Read More]
Event news: Sunwook Kim Plays Prokofiev at the RFH
Kim Sun-wook, who won the Leeds Piano Competition in 2006, makes an appearance on the South Bank this month. Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre 13 October 2011, 7:30pm Programme: Benjamin Britten: 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2 Interval Thomas Adès: Dances from Powder her face Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, … [Read More]
Event news: Possessed screens at the KCC
Leading up to Halloween, the films at the KCC this month aim to scare. First up, Possessed, aka Living Death (불신지옥). Possessed (불신지옥) Director: Lee Yong-ju (2009, 100mins) Screening Date: 7pm, October 06, 2011 Number of Seats: 125 Theatre: Multi-purpose Hall Synopsis: A young girl named So-jin survives a terrible car accident which left her … [Read More]
October events 2011
Films The BFI London Film Festival has two Korean films – Hong Sang-soo’s latest and Kim Kyung-Mook’s Stateless Things In the run-up to Halloween, the KCC’s screenings are in the horror genre: Possessed, Deathbell, and Yoga on 6th, 13th and 20th. Exhibitions A Device: Back to the Moment is at MokSpace until 6th October UNLASTED: … [Read More]
Creating Impressions of Colonial Korea: The Role Played by the Japan Society and its Membership, 1910-1939
The Japan Society is holding a talk on 17 October which may be of interest to Koreanists: Creating Impressions of Colonial Korea: The Role Played by the Japan Society and its Membership, 1910-1939 Susan House Wade, Independent Author and Lecturer Monday, 17th October 2011 6.45 pm The Oriental Club Stratford House 11 Stratford Place London … [Read More]
A Device: Back to the Moment at MokSpace
News of the upcoming exhibition at MokSpace, near the British Museum: A device: Back to the moment Time: 30 September at 18:00 – 06 October at 18:00 Location: Mokspace 33, Museum Street, London WC1A 1LH London, United Kingdom Mokspace is pleased to present the group exhibition “A device: Back to the moment”. This exhibition features … [Read More]
Kiejo’s Korean cookery classes in October 2011
Kiejo Sarsfield’s Korean cookery classes for October (11am Saturdays in the Chalfonts) are 8, 15, 22, & 29th. Contact kiejosarsfield at hotmail dot co dot uk for details. [Read More]
Korean artists at Asia Triennial Manchester 2011
The second Asia Triennial Manchester commences in October, with plenty of Korean interest: Junebum Park 19 November – 5 December CUBE Gallery Junebum Park is an artist based in Korea. Through a clever shift of perspective, Junebum transforms the most ordinary of environments into extraordinary scenes in which the artist’s hands interfere with the forces … [Read More]
Exhibition news: The Senses ; Interactive Perception at HADA Contemporary
News of an upcoming exhibition in the Albemarle Gallery, 7-29 October: THE SENSES ; INTERACTIVE PERCEPTION BAE JOONSUNG | CHA JONGRYE | HONG SUNGCHUL 7 – 29 OCTOBER 2011 HADA Contemporary is pleased to present ‘The Senses ; Interactive Perception’ a group exhibition with artists Bae Joonsung, Cha Jongrye and Hong Sungchul. Although at first … [Read More]
Premium Korea at Harrods
A high profile four-week exhibition of some of Korea’s luxury brands is just coming to an end. I can only speculate as to how much KOTRA paid to hire the Exhibition Gallery at Harrods for four weeks. But space at the UK’s premier luxury department store doesn’t come cheap, and it must have taken a … [Read More]
MY SHOPPING BAG: allegories of Seoul 2011
An interesting pop-up event as part of London Design Week: MY SHOPPING BAG: allegories of Seoul 2011 Global contemporary cultural pop-up project SEOUL-LONDON curated by JW STELLA Date: 24thSeptember-1st October 2011 Time: Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm, Thursday 11am-7pm Venue: LA SCATOLA GALLERY, 1 Snowden Street, London, EC2A 2DQ, UK Private opening: Friday, 23 September, 6:30pm-8:30pm JW STELLA … [Read More]
Tripod Performance Night – Vanity of Vanities – at MokSpace
Those who attended the Crossfields opening night at the KCC two years ago may remember a striking performance by Ku Hye-young, who followed it up by doing a piano recital dressed in black bin bags. Expect more out-of-the-ordinary performance at Mokspace this Friday, together with a fashion showcase: Tripod Performance Night – Vanity of Vanities … [Read More]
UNLASTED: Imagination as Experience at Hanmi Gallery
Hanmi Gallery’s interim exhibitions are coming thick and fast. Here’s #5, which starts this Friday: UNLASTED 23 Sept – 7 Oct Hanmi Gallery 5th Interim Exhibition Private View Fri 23rd Sept, 6-‐9pm Hanmi Gallery, 30 Maple St, London, W1T 6HA. Opening Hours: Mon -‐ Sat 11am – 6pm You are invited to come and experience … [Read More]
Anglo-Korean Society annual dinner
Members of the Anglo Korean Society have a number of privileged events during the year. And probably the most special is the annual dinner in the Houses of Parliament. Members and guests only. It’s worth joining simply for the dinner. And even if you’ve done it before, the tour of parliament before the dinner is … [Read More]