Here are the events we know about for this month: All month: Give me Shelter, at Union Gallery Till 1 October: the second 2006 London Korean Film Festival 5 – 12 October: K-film blockbuster season on Film 4 6 – 29 October: Circuit Diagram at Cell gallery Thursday 12 October: Chuseok celebrations at Asia House … [Read More]
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Kimchi juice: the art medium of the future – a visit to Give me Shelter at Union Gallery
I went to the “Give me Shelter” exhibition at the Union Gallery one lunchtime this week, as it’s only 15 minutes walk from my office. I’ll be going back again. Possibly the easiest works to relate to are the biggest and the smallest. Hyungkoo Lee‘s skeletal coyote and roadrunner occupied a whole room, atmospherically lit. … [Read More]
Kwak Kyung-taek’s next film a lower-budget romance
At last night’s Q&A following a packed showing of Typhoon (queue above), director Kwak Kyung-taek confirmed that his next film will have a slightly smaller budget than his last, which had disappointing box office result despite its large budget. It will be a romance, and Kwak is talking to Lee Jung-jae, the hero of Typhoon, … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Give me Shelter, at the Union Gallery
Thanks to Peter Corbishley who told me about this exhibition over a soju or two at the Anglo-Korean Society V&A evening. At the Union Gallery in Southwark there’s an exhibition of works – sculpture and paintings – by five emerging Korean artists, Hyunjhin Baik, Suejin Chung, Osang Gwon, Dongwook Lee and Hyungkoo Lee. Above is … [Read More]
A surprise Korean film festival (the KCC’s first)
The cinema’s booked, the distributors have agreed to release their valuable prints, and now, with precision-honed timing and a week to go, the well-oiled marketing machine swings into action. The BAKS and PACSF lists are peppered, other private mailing lists barraged, but whether it makes the Time Out copy deadline, who knows. And so it … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Korean contemporary artists in Sensuous Panorama, at Lounge gallery
There’s an exhibition of contemporary Korean and British artists at the Lounge Gallery in London E8, right now. From the Lounge Gallery website: Sensuous Panorama Lounge Gallery | 28 Shacklewell Lane | London E8 2EZ | www.lounge-gallery.com 8 – 24 September 2006, Wed-Sun 1-6pm or by appointment. The show, in media as diverse as collage, … [Read More]
Slim pickings at the 50th BFI London Film Festival
This year’s programme has just been published. I’ve searched the website (and the brochure which thudded onto my doormat this morning), but I can’t find much of interest to K-film fans. On the plus side, there’s the King and the Clown (review on Darcy’s site here). Good news. (Oct 19 @Odeon West End). This film … [Read More]
How like “Swiri” is “The Way Home”?
That’s the intriguing question posed by Andrew Jackson’s talk at the Sheffield BAKS conference last week. It was a question prompted by a statement by Ahn Sang-gun, a senior figure in KOTRA, the Korean Trade Investment Promotion Agency, and reported in the Donga Ilbo on 5 April 2003: that The Way Home and Swiri are … [Read More]
Brief review: Baudeogi at the Bloomsbury
Another entertaining evening from Think Korea. As the year progresses, the sponsors are learning about how best to introduce their wonderful shows to a western audience. This time, there was a glossy programme which set out some of the background to what we were about to see, which was helpful. There was also some useful … [Read More]
Conference report: the 2006 BAKS conference
The BAKS conference in Sheffield last week had a broad range of speakers. What follows is a personal response to the proceedings, and isn’t meant to be in any way an official account. I apologise to those speakers to whom I devote fewer words. No disrespect is intended. In any occasion like this, some talks … [Read More]
An event for British lawyers eager for a Korean vacation
From this week’s Law Society Gazette The British-Korean Law Association will hold its inaugural meeting at the Law Society on 12 Sepember at 6pm. The bilateral association aims to develop ties between the UK and Korea. The meeting will include a discussion of Korea’s draft Legal Consultants Bill. For information, email fiona dot whittenbury at … [Read More]
Korean film at the Firecracker Showcase
This year’s Firecracker Showcase has four Korean films: Another chance to see Bong Joon-ho’s record-breaker The Host (Friday 22 September, 9:00pm, Renoir) Jang Jin’s fun assassin flick Guns & Talks (Monday 18 September, 4:00pm, Curzon Soho | Friday 22 September, 6:45pm, Renoir) Kim Ki-duk’s The Bow (Wednesday 20 September, 9:15pm, Curzon Mayfair) and Lee Chang-dong’s … [Read More]
Mingei one-day workshop at the British Museum
Those who enjoyed the Traditional Yet Contemporary exhibition during the Korean Festival this year may appreciate this one-day workshop at the British Museum on 9 September, 10am-6pm. While the focus is on Japanese work, there is a common thread with the exhibition earlier this year: Bernard Leach. One or two of his works were on … [Read More]
Think Korea: Fantasia
An evening of traditional dance as part of Think Korea: Fantasia Cultural Foundation of the National Museum of Korean Performing Arts Group 14 September 2006 7:30pm London, The Bloomsbury Theatre 16 September 2006 7:30pm Manchester, Bruntwood Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music CFNMK Performing Art Group was founded on 20 July 2004, with the founding … [Read More]
Think Korea: Baudeogi
An evening of traditional street performance as part of Think Korea: Musical: Baudeogi 11-12 September 2006 The UCL Bloomsbury Theatre | 15 Gordon Street | London WC1H 0AH Introduction It is one of the most superior musicals to be staged on a traditional Korean open stage on a large scale. It features a panorama of … [Read More]
September events 2006
Here are the events we currently know about for September, in date order: 6-7 Sept 2006 Halifax Hall, Sheffield University Annual conference of British Association for Korean Studies. “Generations in Korea: Past, Present and Future”. 10 Sept 2006 British Museum Talk on Mingei, including Korea’s place in that movement. Stephenson Lecture Theatre 11-12 Sept 2006 Bloomsbury … [Read More]