News of the upcoming exhibition at I-MYU. Double Encounter 3 September – 3 October 2009 I-MYU PROJECTS presents DOUBLE ENCONTER, a new large-scale work by Korean artist Hong Young In in her first major London solo show. To accompany the exhibition Hong launches her latest book: Where is Plin? A group of figures hover ghost-like, … [Read More]
Category: Events (page 288)
More cookery classes with Kiejo
Some more dates for your diary to learn Korean cooking in friendly surroundings: 12th September Menu: Bindaetteok Japche (Stir fried vegetables and potato noodle) Kimchi Jjigae (Kimchi stew) 19th September Menu: Tteokboggi (rice cake and Vegetables with spicy sauce) Galbi Gui (Grilled short rib of beef) Miyuk and cucumber salad 26th September Menu: Haemulpajeon (Seafood … [Read More]
Crossfields events
News of some unteresting events at the Cultural Centre to go with the Crossfields exhibition: a fashion workshop, gallery tour and conference with exhibiting artists How to Thrive as an Artist? Tuesday 8 September, 2009, 6 – 7.30pm We have selected six participating artists to be present for this forum to discuss subjects of which … [Read More]
Visit Korea, experience the Cold War
Coming to the Travel Channel this autumn is a new travel documentary on Korea. At the Korea Tourism evening at the KCC last week we were given a preview. It was refreshing: a Korean tourism documentary, but from a Westerner’s perspective. Yes, we were told that the KTO assisted in the film’s production, but the … [Read More]
Michael Shin on Yi Kwang-su’s The Heartless
The third Global Korea lecture of 2009 will be held at the KCC on 29 September at 6:30pm. Michael Shin from Cambridge University will talk on Yi Gwangu’s The Heartless, sometimes known as Korea’s first modern novel. There will be a raffle to win the novel in an English translation. The novel The Heartless by … [Read More]
A Scoop of Korea at Thames Festival 2009
As Chuseok approaches, it’s time once again for the Thames Festival: 12-13 September. This will be the third year that there has been a significant Korean presence. The amazing Dulsori led the way three years ago; last year the high-profile item was Jump. This year we get the musical essence of contemporary Korea, Sorea: a … [Read More]
A Chuseok dinner with the Anglo Korean Society
I can’t believe that Chuseok is almost upon us already. As last year, the Anglo-Korean Society is holding a Chuseok dinner for members and their guests. Details as follows: Chuseok with the AKS Thursday 17th September 2009, 6.30pm Young Bean Restaurant 2-3 Bassishaw Highwalk, London, EC2V 5DS [Map] (at highwalk level, on the south side … [Read More]
Son, My Enemy screens at the KCC
This Thursday’s film at the KCC is Oh Sang-hoon’s 파송송 계란탁 (2004), variously known as “Son, My Enemy” and “Cracked Eggs and Noodles”. Son, My Enemy (파송송 계란탁) Director: Oh Sang-hun (2004, 107min) Thurday 27th August 2009, 7:00pm, Multi-purpose Hall, KCC Event: Korean noodle with Kimchi, 6:00pm Free Pre-registration is required with the KCC by … [Read More]
In pictures: the Kingston Korean Festival 2009
In the past, there’s always been some reason why I couldn’t get to the Korean Festival in Kingston. This year the way things panned out I could only manage to spend an hour there over lunchtime, but it’s a fun day out. A tip: there are two reasons not to go there by car. (1) … [Read More]
The Dandelion’s Story – another Edinburgh hit
Colin Bartlett gives a thumbnail sketch of another Edinburgh Fringe production by Modl Theatre, from Korea: A delightful well-crafted show for children and adults I’m much older than a child, but I liked it a lot, and the others in the audience, both children and adults, seemed to be enjoying it as well. The production … [Read More]
An oriental experience in Lancaster Gate
Not an organisation I’ve heard of before, because it’s new. The World Culture Association will be holding its inaugural event on 22 August. The association’s aims are To connect individuals, groups and associations interested in sharing their cultures and networking with others To show the best of the World’s culture through performance, speech and film … [Read More]
Concert Review: Unsuk Chin at the BBC Proms — A new work enters the Cello repertoire
Last Thursday (13 August) saw the world premiere of the cello concerto by Unsuk Chin, a BBC commission. Chin, who was born in Korea in 1961, has been composer-in-residence for both the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. She is a careful worker: the new work was originally scheduled for the 2007 Prom … [Read More]
Summer cooking with Kiejo
Jennifer Barclay, author of Meeting Mr Kim: Or How I Went to Korea and Learned to Love Kimchi, learns to cook traditional Korean food… Kiejo Sarsfield stands in her Cath Kidston apron in a kitchen stuffed with cookery books in leafy Chalfont St Giles. Having left South Korea thirty years ago and lived all over … [Read More]
A Love in Dream: Edinburgh’s must-see production
Every year Colin Bartlett goes to Edinburgh to sample the various productions at the Fringe, and makes a point of seeing the Korean talent. Each year I hope he’s going to write a survey of the various shows for LKL. This year, I’ve managed to intercept an email he wrote to a friend recommending Modl … [Read More]
Beethoven in a bin bag
Tonight’s Storm and Stress evening at Goldsmiths: if I’d been playing Beethoven in a bin bag on such a hot and sweaty evening, I’d have been a bit stressed too http://bit.ly/jyQ9i #. But it was different, and unexpected. [Read More]
Shadows in the Palace at the KCC
This Thursday’s screening at the KCC is Shadows in the Palace (궁녀) (Kim Mee-jeong, 2007): part costume drama, part mysterty, part horror. “More than anything, it’s the conceptual energy and narrative momentum of Shadows in the Palace that makes it an exciting discovery among this year’s Korean films,” says Darcy Paquet at koreanfilm.org Synopsis: A … [Read More]