Lock Making in Korean Drama

Details: Category: Gallery Talks

Novelist Adrienne Leslie discussed lock making and the revealing and nuanced use of locks in the Korean historical drama, Il Ji-Mae:The Phantom Thief. Held in conjunction with The Korea Society Gallery’s latest exhibit, Talismans of Protection from Chosŏn Korea: Antique Locks, Latches and Key Charms, Leslie discussion touched on how the drama uses special effects reminiscent of CSI to take viewers inside the inner workings of ancient Korean locks, and by extension, inside the inner workings of Chosŏn society.

Lock Making in Korean Drama

Gallery Talk

with

Adrienne Leslie
Novelist

Thursday, November 5, 2009
6:00 PM-6:30 PM ♦ Registration and Reception
6:30 PM-8:00 PM ♦ Presentation and Q&A

The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)

$10 for members and students; $20 for nonmembers (Walk-in registration will incur an additional charge of $5)
For more information or to register for the program, please contact Heewon Kim at 212-759-7525 ext 355 or email

About the Speaker

Adrienne Leslie is the author of the novel Bird and Fish (2008) and the forthcoming Sea and Sky. She is the 2009 recipient of the Korean American Youth Foundation and The Korean American Association of Greater New York's Awards of Appreciation.