Check out the new K-pop culture academy at the @KCCUK. Get your application in by 15 February. Looks really interesting, and a good example of the new Minister’s K-Culture promotion initiative. http://t.co/g5HJL7m1 [Read More]
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E J-yong is February’s Director at the KCC. First up, An Affair
After January’s successful focus on Lee Myung-se, February brings another Lee: E J-yong, or Lee Jae-yong (이재용). We start with An Affair (정사, 1998), starring Lee Mi-sook and Lee Jung-jae. It was one of the first Korean films I ever saw, at the 2001 London Korean Film Festival, and got me hooked on the Korean … [Read More]
A New Space around the Body – contemporary fashion at the KCC
To coincide with London Fashion Week, the KCC’s next exhibition showcases young Korean fashion designers in London. LKL’s review of the show can be found here. A NEW SPACE AROUND THE BODY: Emerging Korean fashion designers 1 Feb 2012 – 28 Feb 2012 Korean Cultural Centre UK | Grand Buildings | 1-3 Strand | London … [Read More]
Duellist + Lee Myung-se Q&A
The KCC’s Lee Myung-se month comes to an end on Thursday 26 January with a Q&A with the director himself after a screening of The Duellist. Note that to accommodate extra people, the screening is at the Apollo – and needs to be booked via the Apollo box office rather than the KCC reception. Note … [Read More]
‘M’ is the second of Lee Myung-se’s films at the KCC this month
Last week Lee Myung-se’s Nowhere to Hide got the KCC’s New Year film season off to a barnstorming start. This week we move on to M (2007), which was not so well received. “M is a film filled with gorgeous imagery, flights of fancy, and bursts of color,” says Darcy Pacquet in his review over … [Read More]
January is Lee Myung-se month at the KCC
The KCCUK has made some exciting changes to its free film screenings for 2012: The KCCUK Film night has extended to four screenings per month, with special monthly Q&A screening featuring some of Korea’s leading directors. The KCCUK kick this special year off with a a look at director Lee Myung-se with four screenings of … [Read More]
KCC wins award for SNS marketing
Congratulations to the KCCUK for winning the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade ‘Minister’s Award’ for Best Performance in relation to PR & marketing on social networking sites. http://on.fb.me/rFO3wK [Read More]
Event news: Happy Ero Christmas screens at the KCC
Something lighthearted for the last screening before Christmas, this Thursday: Happy Ero Christmas (2003) Director: Lee Eon-hee Running Time: 110mins Screening Date: 15 December, 2011 7pm Number of Seats: 130 Theatre: Multi Purpose Hall, KCCUK Synopsis Everybody dreams of a merry Christmas with loved ones. Burt these three characters want more than just a happy … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: NyLon – the KCCUK’s exchange show with New York
November’s exhibition at the KCCUK was a joint project with the Korean Cultural Service New York. Four artists, two from each city. Representing London were Shin Meekyoung, who had a huge solo show at the Haunch of Venison in March 2011, and Je Baak, who has recently been showing at HADA Contemporary and Asia House. … [Read More]
Exhibition Visit: Delayed Sojourn – London, home away from home
It was good to see the KCC so busy on a Saturday afternoon. The attraction was the Korean Artists Association’s one-week exhibition: Delayed Sojourn – London, home away from home. And while there was plenty to enjoy inside, it was an unusual exhibit in the window that was drawing people in: 48 small glass bowls, … [Read More]
Delayed Sojourn: KAA group show at the KCC
The UK Korean Artists Association is holding a group exhibition at the KCC from this coming Friday. It will be a good opportunity to see the varied work of Korean artists who are staying in the UK for the longer term. Delayed Sojourn – London, home away from home Korean Cultural Centre UK 2nd – … [Read More]
Event news: Kim Ki-young’s Insect Woman screens at the KCC
Having had some classic film from Lee Man-hee during this year’s festival, we now have the treat of Kim Ki-young’s Insect Woman (1972) on 1 December. It’s unfortunate that we have to choose between this and an interesting talk at the Japan Foundation. But this is Kim Ki-young, and the film is said to be … [Read More]
North Korea’s nuclear threat and the upcoming Seoul Nuclear Security Summit
In March 2012, South Korea will be hosting the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Mark Fitzpatrick, director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, will introduce some of the issues at December’s Global Korea Lecture at the KCC. Pre-registration necessary. North Korea’s nuclear threat and the upcoming Seoul Nuclear Security … [Read More]
NyLon: London-New York Exchange Exhibition
An interesting transatlantic collaboration forms the basis of the current exhibition at the KCC: Exhibition Dates: 25 October 2011 – 26 November 2011 Private View: Tuesday 25 October 2011, 6.30pm The Korean Cultural Centre UK and the Korean Cultural Service New York present NyLon: London – New York Exchange Exhibition This collaboration features four contemporary … [Read More]
Event news: Deathbell screens at the KCC
Looks like a fun zombie flick as the second of the KCC’s horror movies for October: Title: Deathbell (2008) Director: Yoon Hong-seung Running Time: 88mins Screening Date: 7pm, October 13, 2011 Number of Seats: 125 Theatre: Multi-purpose Hall Synopsis: The film is set in a high school, where an elite group of twenty students—including rebellious … [Read More]
Kang Bong Kyu: Korea, Koreanity at the KCC
It’s only a brief, 2-week, exhibition, but it’s well worth a visit. In fact it’s worth more than one visit: From 5th October to 18th October 2011, the Federation for Gwangju Museum of Art will hold an exhibition on traditional Korean aesthetics entitled, “Kang Bong Kyu, Korean, Koreanity” at the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK). … [Read More]