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Gig review: Kim Doo Soo at Cafe OTO

posted 31 Oct 201928 Oct 2019 by Philip Gowman 3 minute read

Kim Doo Soo at Cafe OTO, 14 October 2019

Kim Doo Soo’s stage set-up is simple but carefully planned. The stage hand has marked out the precise place where the music stand is to be positioned, and the chair – which offers the minimum of comforts. A table to the musician’s right has some water and a surface to keep the various harmonicas; also […]

haihm + Bongsu Park at Cafe OTO

event date Thu 14 Nov 2019 posted 28 Oct 201928 Oct 2019

After the Dream Ritual collaboration that came to the Coronet Theatre in July, haihm and Bongsu Park bring a new collaboration on a similar theme. See also at Rosenfeld Porcini later in the week. At the Cutting Edge: Phew, haihm & Bongsu Park, + O YAMA O Presented by Bagri Foundation Thursday 14 November 2019, […]

Event report: Kim Kulim and Jessica Hyunjin Kim at Cafe OTO

posted 14 Oct 201913 Oct 2019 by Philip Gowman 2 minute read

Veteran avant-garde artist Kim Kulim has been going through a resurgence of interest in his work, with re-enactments of his early work having taken place in Korea over the past couple of years. This month saw a recreation of one of his controversial performances from 1970, in which he realised Nam June Paik’s Sex on […]

Hyelim Kim w/ London Improvisers Orchestra at Cafe OTO

event date Sun 06 Oct 2019 posted 5 Oct 2019

In the third of three performances with a Korean connection this weekend at Cafe OTO, Hyelim Kim builds on the work she presented at Club Inegales earlier this year, this time with larger forces. London Improvisers Orchestra Cafe OTO | 18–22 Ashwin street | Dalston | London E8 3DL Sunday 6 October 2019 5:30pm – […]

Kim Doo Soo plays Cafe Oto

event date Mon 14 Oct 2019 posted 19 Sep 201928 Oct 2019

Jin Sangtae and Choi Joonyong play Cafe OTO

event date Sun 06 Oct 2019 posted 17 Sep 201916 Sep 2019

Kim Kulim and Jessica Hyunjin Kim perform at Cafe OTO

event date Sat 05 Oct 2019 posted 12 Sep 201912 Sep 2019

Don’t miss this chance to see a recreation of Kim Kulim’s early controversial staging of Sex on the Piano, together with new work in a collaborative evening with his daughter, Goldsmiths alumna Jessica Hyunjin Kim. Kim Kulim and Jessica Hyunjin Kim Saturday 5 October 2019, 7.30pm Cafe OTO | 18–22 Ashwin Street | Dalston | […]

Jessica Hyunjin Kim with Li Yilei at Cafe Oto

event date Thu 02 May 2019 posted 25 Apr 201916 Sep 2019

Okkyung Lee residency at Cafe Oto

event date 28 Mar - 30 Mar 2019 posted 28 Mar 201925 Apr 2019

Thursday 28 March 2019, 7.30pm | Tickets Okkyung Lee & Matana Roberts + Okkyung Lee / Jerome Noetinger (Duo) Friday 29 March 2019, 7.30pm | Tickets Okkyung Lee / Rashad Becker (Duo) + Okkyung Lee / Nadia Ratsimandresy (Duo) Saturday 30 March 2019, 7.30pm | Tickets Okkyung Lee (Solo) + Okkyung Lee / Pat Thomas […]

Event news: Okkyung Lee and Bill Orcutt at Cafe Oto

event date Wed 28 Sep 2016 posted 28 Sep 201625 Apr 2019

I found out too late. But for the record, this was on at Cafe Oto this evening: Okkyung Lee / Bill Orcutt (Duo) + Pat Thomas / Bill Orcutt / Paul Abbott (Trio) Cafe Oto, 28 Sept 2016, 8pm £12 TICKETS AT THE DOOR Okkyung Lee and Bill Orcutt return to OTO following their phenomenal […]

Event news: Han-earl Park Trio at Cafe Oto and elsewhere

event date 01 Dec - 03 Dec 2015 posted 8 Nov 201528 Jul 2019

Cafe Oto hosts the London stop on a three-city tour of England by the Han-earl Park Trio this December: Han-earl Park Trio with Dominic Lash and Mark Sanders plus Caroline Pugh Somewhere out there, there’s an SUV-sized violin tailgating, a No Wave guitarist desperately trying to survive in the Appalachian Mountains, someone dropping sheets of […]

Event news: Okkyung Lee residency at Cafe Oto

event date 29 Oct - 01 Nov 2015 posted 28 Oct 201525 Apr 2019

Okkyung Lee is one of the performers participating in Sora Kim’s current exhibition at the KCC. Thanks to Lissy for pointing this series of performances out to me. This is a residency I’m really excited about and I’m going to be sure to get to one of the evenings. Okkyung Lee – Four Day Residency […]

Hangjun Lee & Chulki Hong, Will Guthrie at Cafe Oto

event date Tue 19 May 2015 posted 1 May 201516 Sep 2019

It’s a shame that this evening’s performance at an alternative music venue, supported by the KCC, clashes with a Korean rock showcase at the KCC. Hangjun Lee & Chulki Hong, Will Guthrie Tuesday 19 May 2015, 8pm Cafe OTO | 18–22 Ashwin street | Dalston | London E8 3DL | www.cafeoto.co.uk £8 | £6 ADVANCE […]

Balloon and Needle: The New Korean Avant Garde

event date 20 Jan - 22 Jan 2011 posted 17 Jan 201116 Sep 2019

Balloon and Needle: The New Korean Avant Garde starts a three day residency at Cafe OTO this Thursday: Balloon & Needle THURSDAY 20th, FRIDAY 21st, SATURDAY 22nd January 2011 Cafe OTO | 18-22 Ashwin St | Dalston | London | E8 3DL [Map] Choi Joonyong (cracked CD players) Hong Chulki (turntables) Ryu Hankil (self‐made electro‐acoustic […]