In the mid-90s Kegan Paul published what was billed as Part 1 of Park Kyung-ni’s epic novel, Land (Toji). Translated by Agnita Tennant (Née Hong), the volume extended to 657 pages. In fact, this was only half of Part 1. Global Oriental is now publishing all of it, in three volumes totalling 1,172 pages. There’s … [Read More]
Category: Events (page 263)
Violinist Joo Yeon Sir’s upcoming concerts
Joo Yeon Sir has a number of recitals coming up. Good to see her perform Vaughan Williams at the V&A this coming Sunday http://bit.ly/kghWhC # [Read More]
Rhee Kibong at Tina Kim Gallery: There is No Place
Notice of an upcoming exhibition at Tina Kim Gallery in New York: TINA KIM GALLERY KIBONG RHEE: There is No Place May 13 – June 17 2011 Opening Reception Friday, May 13th 6 – 8 PM Tina Kim Gallery is proud to present Kibong Rhee’s There is No Place in his first solo exhibition in … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: Monologues at the KCC
The current exhibition at the KCC is the first to feature only paintings. All four artists, all of them female, are alumnae of the National Museum of Contemporary Arts’ artist-in-residence programme. The title of the exhibition – Monologues – is strange but apt. One hopes that an exhibition sets up a dialogue between the artist … [Read More]
Your last chance to meet Revd Sun Myung Moon in London?
This is possibly the last appearance in Europe of Reverend Sun Myung Moon. He will be talking on the subject of Building a World of Universal Peace at a Time of Global Change tonight: This programme will take place in the Kings Suite, Hilton London Metropole Hotel, Edgware Road, London W2 1JU on Wednesday 11th … [Read More]
My Girlfriend is an Agent screens at the KCC
Kim Ha-neul in a short wedding dress riding a jet-ski up the Han River shooting at some baddies in a speedboat is a fun way to open a film: My Girlfriend is an Agent 7pm, Thursday 12th May Director: Shin Tae-ra Cast: Kim Ha-neul, Kang Ji-hwan Genre:Comedy/Action Certificate: PG (South Korea) Running Time: 112 mins … [Read More]
Photography’s New “It” Girls
An upcoming group photography show which includes work by Lee Sunju, whom you will have come across before at Sasapari and elsewhere. Photography’s New “It” Girls: 2011 Güler Ates / Chloë Østmo / Sunju Lee/ Yu Xiao / Tereza Vlčková 10th May – 21st May 2011 (Private View: Tuesday, 10th May, 6 – 8.30pm) at … [Read More]
Female stars of the East Asian screen
Four films from East Asia will be screened at Cambridge’s Department of East Asian Studies during May: Holding up more than half of Heaven: Female stars of the East Asian screen We will be screening four films from East Asia – Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea — during the lead up to the exam … [Read More]
A demonstration by master potter Park Kyoung Soon
A special event to mark the launch of the Contemporary Korean Ceramics exhibition at the V&A: a demonstration by ceramic artist Park Kyoung Soon. Park Kyoung Soon, Tradition Transformed: Contemporary Korean Ceramics Watch expert ceramicist Park Kyoung Soon demonstrate a range of forming and surface decoration techniques in this event celebrating the V&A display Tradition … [Read More]
Tradition Transformed: Contemporary Korean Ceramics at the V&A
An interesting exhibition coming up at the Victoria and Albert Museum this summer, starting on 20 May. The Victoria and Albert Museum is pleased to announce Tradition Transformed: Contemporary Korean Ceramics, a compelling exhibition that brings the finest of contemporary Korean ceramics to London, will be on view in Ceramics Gallery 146 from May 20 … [Read More]
May events 2011
Here are the events I know of for May. It’s a good month. Books, Books, Books Shin Kyung-sook appears at the Hay Literary Festival on 28 May (sold out) Agnita Tennant introduces her translation of Part 1 of The Land (T’oji) by Park Kyung-ni, with Margaret Drabble and Park Sowon, on 23 May at the … [Read More]
The Royal Wedding – the Korea-related Tweets
LKL delayed our 2011 Korea Trip by a couple of days so that we could watch the live coverage of the Royal Wedding on TV. Needless to say, while we were watching, we were looking out for Korean angles, and here are the resulting tweets (along with some which have no Korean relevance at all): … [Read More]
AKS members-only visit to Standard Chartered HQ
Here’s your excuse to join the Anglo-Korean Society, which you have been meaning to do for a while. Tour of Standard Chartered Bank 1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD Wednesday 18th May 2011. 6.00pm for 6.30pm Walk into Standard Chartered’s London Head Office; you will find a piece of Asia transplanted into the Square Mile. … [Read More]
Korean Buddhists Arts of the Koryŏ and Chosŏn Kingdoms
Last year was court painting; the year before it was folk art. Now we move on to Buddhist art. Details of the full day seminar, with a behind-the-scenes look at artefacts in the British Museum, are below. Korean Buddhists Arts of the Koryŏ and Chosŏn Kingdoms 10am on Thursday, 19 May 2011 G3, Main Building, … [Read More]
Summer 2011 Korean studies seminars at SOAS
Two Friday evening seminars have been announced so far – see below. I’ve posted a brief review of Chris Springer’s book here. Date: Friday, 6 May 2011 Time: 17.00-19.00 Title: Representations of colonial Korea in print and in visual imagery Speaker: Dr Susan House Wade (University of Brighton) Venue: Room G50, Ground Floor, Main Building … [Read More]
Kang Yi-kwan’s Sakwa screens at the KCC
The last of the wedding themed films at the KCC this month is Sakwa (2008). It didn’t get brilliant reviews when it came out, but it does have Moon So-ri as the lead, so it’s got to be worth watching. This Thursday, 28 April. DIRECTOR: Kang Yi-kwan RUNNING TIME: 118 mins DATE: 7:00pm, April 28 … [Read More]