Top London store Harrods hosts Korean Embassy / KOTRA “Premium Korea” event to promote Korean products ranging from food to traditional china. Famous Korean fashion designer Lie Sang-bong showcases his collection in one of the showrooms. via @UKinKorea # [Read More]
Category: Events (page 258)
Korea Calling at the Thames Festival 2011
Korea returns to the Thames Festival this year (10-11 September) with a range of entertainments. The Taekwondo demonstrations are always popular, plus this year there’s the Sookmyung Gayageum Orchestra. If you’ve ever heard a Beatles number performed on massed Gayageums, you were probably listening to these ladies. They’ve also been known to accompany B-boys, which … [Read More]
Take Care of My Cat at the KCC
Take Care of My Cat is commonly included in critics’ choices of the top Korean films of the decade. Fans of actress Bae Doo-na need not hesitate. Title: Take Care of My Cat (2000) Director: Jeong Jae-eun Running Time: 112mins Screening Date: 7pm, 8 September, 2011 Number of Seats: 130 Theatre: Multi Purpose Hall, KCCUK … [Read More]
Manchester CUBE is now ‘To Let’ courtesy of Junebum Park
LKL has long been a fan of video artist Junebum Park. He will be appearing at the Asia Triennial in Manchester which starts in October. In the meanwhile, there’s an experimental event at CUBE – the Centre for the Urban Built Environment: one of Europe’s most exciting art, architecture and design centres, dedicated to broadcasting … [Read More]
September events 2011
Summer’s over, Chuseok approaches. Must mean it’s time for the Thames Festival. Events for September are as follows: Exhibitions Last chance to see Hada Contemporary’s Summer Show at the Albemarle Gallery (till 3 September) Haegue Yang at Modern Art Oxford (till 4 September) Rare Books, Manuscripts and Artefacts in the Bodleian Libraries (till 26 September) … [Read More]
From the Corner Window, at St Martin-in-the-Fields
News of a group show in the Crypt of St Martin-in-the-Fields starting 5 September: From the Corner Window brings together five artists and three curators to respond to the theme of intriguing and investigative viewing of the representational space that makes up a city, its streets, and the crowds that gather within them. This group … [Read More]
Festival visit: Gaksi, Mago
In Korean mytholoogy there is a legendary grandmother figure, a giant goddess who created islands and arranged the mountains and the oceans in their proper positions. In Jeju Island, she is known as Seolmundae Halmang – Grandmother Seolmundae; elsewhere in Korea she is known as Mago. The stories about her are sometimes comic, sometimes tragic. … [Read More]
Concert notes: Sooeun Kwak with La-on G at the KCC
For the third event in the KCC’s concert series this year we were presented with Sooeun Kwak’s gayageum ensemble, “La-on G”. The ensemble’s name is a combination of the Korean word for “pleasant”, and “G” standing for any and all of Gayageum, Green, Global and Generation. The music performed by the ensemble is all composed … [Read More]
Festival visit: Pop-Up! The Amazing Adventures of Moo Dong
Confession time: I didn’t actually make it to this show. It is showing in the morning, and that’s when my train is on its way up from London. But based on the reviews linked below, it’s well worth a visit. The show aims to bring great art works to life for a young audience, and … [Read More]
Event news: The Murmuring to screen at the KCC
The second film this month to explore the sensitive topic of Korea’s relations with Japan in the twentieth century is The Murmuring (낮은 목소리 1995), a documentary by Byeon Yeong-ju. The film also dovetails with the films next month, which are by female directors. The Murmuring is the first of three documentaries by Director Byeon … [Read More]
Who Do You Think We Are? – at Hanmi Gallery
Hanmi Gallery’s 4th interim exhibition: Who do you think we are? Paintings by three female artists from India, South Korea and Iran Artists: Radhika Agarwala, Luna Jung-eun Lee, Soheila Sokhanvari Luna Jungeun Lee is a South Korean artist who questions notions of possession and cultural (mis)appropriations. Her works are a survey of history contextualised into … [Read More]
Formula 1 Fan Forum with Mark Blundell
To mark the second Korean Grand Prix coming up in October, the KCC will be holding a Formula 1 event on 5 September. This is the first Global Korea event related to sports, and should draw in a diverse audience. F1 Fan Forum Hosted by Former F1 Driver and Le Mans 24hrs Winner Mark Blundell … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: NOWS – Traverse over Time and Space, Hanmi Gallery
The third interim exhibition at Hanmi Gallery continues the theme of site-specific work by young Korean artists. On the ground floor, Eunsook Choi is an artwork in herself as she locks herself in the small glass-windowed office creating new paintings in real time. Juyoung Lee’s work responds to the imperfections of the building: mapping out … [Read More]
Festival visit: Perfordian Factory – Babbling Comedy 2
Babbling Comedy continues the fine tradition of non-verbal Korean acts which appeal to audiences of all ages. On paper, the performance contains little that seems innovative; and it would take a courageous producer to take on a comedy show that promises, as this one does, to include some hand-bell ringing. But in the overall context … [Read More]
Awaken: Hyo Jung Kim at Mokspace
News of the second exhibition from Mokspace, a new gallery near the British Museum: Awaken Hyo Jung Kim solo exhibition 18-31 August 2011 Opening hours Wed-Fri 11am-7pm, Sat-Sun 11am-6pm Opening reception Thur 18 Aug 6pm-9pm Curated by Kyeongmi Baek Mokspace is pleased to present the first London exhibition of the work of Korean artist Hyo … [Read More]
Festival visit: Mokhwa Repertory Company – The Tempest
At his press conference in London last Monday, Oh Tae-seok spoke about his work with the Mohkwa Repertory Company. One of the priorities of Master Oh, who had spend many years as director of Korea’s National Theatre company, is to nurture the next generation of actors. And one of the pleasures of working with his … [Read More]