The Korea Brand and Entertainment Expo which coincided with President Park’s State Visit showcased contemporary Korean media art, K-pop, Korea’s premier garden designer and more. Also featured were key Korean designers: Kim Young-se (김영세) of Innodesign, whose designs reference the sleek black parallel lines of the trigrams in South Korea’s national flag, or the elegant … [Read More]
Category: Media (page 14)
Koh Sang-woo interviewed for Korean Artist Project
One of my favourite contemporary Korean artists, Koh Sang-woo, has a great interview up on the Korea Artist Project website. Koh is represented by James Freeman Gallery in the UK. Links: www.kohsangwoo.com www.koreanartistproject.com www.jamesfreemangallery.com [Read More]
Moon Jin-wook in Bearspace group show: Come Dine with Me
Recent Goldsmiths MFA graduate Moon Jin-wook is participating in a group show at BEARSAPCE in Deptford: Come Dine with Me Raf Zawistowski, Daisy Hogan, Jin Wook Moon and Mr. & Mrs. Philip Cath BEARSPACE | 152 Deptford High Street | London SE8 3PQ | www.bearspace.co.uk Opening Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm 27 September … [Read More]
The Ghosts of Jeju to screen at SOAS
Those who are eager to watch Jiseul (and here’s hoping it will be getting a London screening soon) will want to watch this documentary to fill in some of the background. It also provides context to the protests about the Gangjeong naval base. The Ghosts of Jeju Dir: Regis Tremblay, 2013, 80 mins Brunei Gallery, … [Read More]
2013 Travel Diary #33: An evening in Daehakro
Buamdong, Seoul, Saturday 14 September, 6pm. Seoul Museum in Buamdong (not to be confused with the Seoul Museum of Art in Jeongdong, or indeed the Seoul Museum of History next to the Gyeonghuigung) is conveniently situated on the main road which takes traffic from northern to Seoul to the Gwanghwamun area. Emerging from the museum, … [Read More]
합 Collaboration: video of the opening performance
For the first time the KAA’s performance at their KCC residency was filmed in its entirety. Good news for those who couldn’t manage to squeeze in to the standing-room-only event! Thanks to Jason Verney of miniminimovie.com for the film. The event programme can be found on the KAA website here. [Read More]
Winterplay’s latest single – Yoboseyo Baby
Thanks to Andrew Jackson for the link to Winterplay’s latest single, Yoboseyo Baby (여보세요 베이비): a slightly cheeky and very catchy number with nice 1960s styling in the video. The single is from their latest album, Two Fabulous Fools, released last month. It’s just gone onto my YesAsia wishlist. Not on iTunes yet. Links: Buy … [Read More]
Media Skins: some photos from the Edinburgh installations
A few photographs, taken yesterday, of the Media Skins installation in Edinburgh as part of the 2013 International Festival. The installation was hung on the main frontage of the Festival Theatre, and also on hoardings in the square outside the Usher Hall. A poster in the Festival Theatre gave the following information: For this installation, … [Read More]
A new trend in Korean-speaking Brits?
As an inspiration to the many British Koreaphiles out there who don’t speak the language, look no further than X-factor winners Little Mix. According to the Chosun Ilbo, a contestant performing a cover version of their song Wings on K-pop Star prompted them to release their own Korean version: Rather more proficient is 영국남자 or … [Read More]
Moon Jar exhibition celebrates the beauty of imperfection
This summer’s exhibition at the KCC marks 130 of relations between the UK and the Korean peninsula. And it is because of those relations, and also because of the good relations built up between the KCC and the British Museum over the years, that the exhibition happened at all. The centrepiece of the exhibition is … [Read More]
Korean artists (and award-winners) at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is now in its last week. And as ever, if you look closely at the catalogue, or have an eye for particular artists’ work, you will find a number of works by London-based Korean artists. Two years, Kwon Daehoon won the Jack Goldhill Award for sculpture at the exhibition, and … [Read More]
Hyelim Kim graces Asia House magazine front cover
Taegŭm player Hyelim Kim is very active on the concert circuit at the moment – a couple of gigs during June, plus one later in August, and one in September (at Asia House). And Asia House has chosen her lecture recital to feature on the front cover of their magazine for September – October 2013: [Read More]
Exhibition visit: Kim Jihee in Daytime Sleepwalking, in St Pancras Crypt
Some not very good pictures of Kim Jihee’s exhibition in St Pancras Church’s crypt gallery, 1 – 4 August 2013. Intricate drawings of ladies’ coiffure, and creations which demonstrate the artist’s confusion when faced with books in a language that is not hers. Read the press release about the show here. Great location. Click on … [Read More]
The 2013 armistice commemorations in Britain
The KCC has some photos of the parade of the British Korean War Veterans from Horseguards to Westminster Abbey on 11 July. The full set is on their Flickr page. And the Anglo Korean Society has an account plus photos of the annual Korean War Commemoration Day in the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire on … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: 오방색 O Bang Saek – the KAA’s fifth residency at the KCC
With the KAA residency at the KCC having become a regular annual fixture in the latter’s calendar, it is possible for the organisers to plan with greater certainty, more secure in the knowledge that there will be a space ready to showcase their talents. The fifth such programme fell in the fifth year of the … [Read More]
Daytime Sleepwalking: an artist talk at the KCC
Accompanying the current exhibition in the Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Church, is an interesting-looking talk at the KCC tomorrow afternoon. The Bluest Eyes: Thinking of You, Beautiful Talk event associated with Daytime Sleepwalking Friday 2 August, 4-5pm Venue: Korean Cultural Centre Artist Jihee Kim in conversation with Sylvia Lahav (an Associate Lecturer at ICCE in … [Read More]