New York City’s first cross-disciplinary exhibition of Korean architecture, landscape design, and urban planning celebrates both globalizing and hybridized conditions in contemporary Korean society. In cooperation with Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
5 PM | Members Preview
6 PM | Public Reception
Film fans and students of military history unite for an intimate discussion with director Brian Iglesias on the making of his award-winning independent documentary Chosin. Brian, a Marine and Iraq veteran, embarked on this production to honor those who sacrificed at the Battle of Chosin Reservior in the Korean War. Those who survived went on to facilitate the first evacuation under UN auspices, and over one million Koreans today descend from those who were assisted. The director will discuss his cross-country journey to film those veterans still with us and the challenges of growing the production from humble origins to award-winning heights—including a sold-out New York premiere hosted by The Korea Society. His story is one that honors the Korean-U.S. friendship in a compelling and heartfelt way. The director’s forum is followed by a special screening of the film.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Minji Park explores late autumn’s grasp and the onset of winter through a program of traditional six-string kǒmun’go. The evening’s selections pay tribute to the late season and highlight the masculine, deep sounds of one of Korea’s oldest native instruments. A winner at the 2010 World Korean Traditional Performing Arts Competition in New York, Minji Park will perform from the traditional Korean court and folk music repertoire.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
LIVE HOUSE KOREA is made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.
Learn traditional Korean hatmaking from Chung Young-Yang, a master embroiderer and renowned textile scholar whose embroidery graces the presidential palaces of Korea, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution. Participants in this four-session workshop will learn to make a chobawi, a traditional Korean women’s hat with ear flaps of silk and fur. The class size limited, so register early.
Every Monday, November 8-29
3PM-5PM
As the world turns to Korea for the November G20 Summit, The Korea Society hosts a musical salute reflecting the journey to Seoul: royal city, global city. Returning to The Korea Society stage, young kayagŭm great Rami Seo, who has played with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, explores world rhythms. Seo “journeys” from New York’s jazzy 57th Street to the hills of Andalusia, from Israel to the Mongol steppe. Joined by guests Deep Singh (tabla), Mi-hye Yoon (synthesizer), and Joonsam Lee (contrabass), Seo “arrives” at Korea through a northern port, her nod to her hopes for unification, and concludes the journey in magical, musical Seoul, as it welcomes the G20 leaders.
Thursday, November 4
6:00PM Refreshments
6:30PM Performance
Global Music Korea: Flourishes
Saluting the Seoul G20 Summit
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor
$10 (Members/Students); $20 (Guests)
(Walk-in registration will incur an additional charge of $5)
For more information or to register for the program, please call 212-759-7525, ext. 355.
In recognition of our recent sold-out premiere of The Housemaid (2010) at MoMA, The Korea Society proudly presents this special screening of the lovingly restored 1960 original, directed by visionary, some suggest eccentric, Kim Ki-young, a director who examines pre-modernity and modernity with respect to class differences in Korean society. Compare Kim’s The Housemaid to Im Sang Soo’s 2010 remake of The Housemaid.
The original version of The Housemaid (1960) was restored by the World Cinema Foundation, led by Marine Scorsese, along with the Korean Film Archive. It was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008.
Wednesday, October 27th | 6:30 PM
This event will take place at The Korea Society.
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The Housemaid (하녀)
1960, 111 mins
Director: Kim Ki-young
Starring: Kim Jin-kyu, Joo Jeung-nyu, Hum Aeng-ran, and Lee Eun-shim
The Korea Society welcomes young gifted greats from New York’s famed Juilliard School in its 2010-2011 Young Visions, Young Voices series. Classical violinist Brian Bak opens the series with a solo performance of Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Ysaye’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27, and Paganini’s Caprice No. 24.
Bak is recipient of the C.V. Starr and Samsung Scholarships and studies with Professor Hyo Kang, founding artistic director of International Sejong Soloists. Bak has appeared as a featured soloist with symphonies nationwide.
Thursday, October 21
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue@57th Street, 8th Floor
Elizabeth Keith, an intrepid traveler and visionary artist, first ventured to Asia almost a century ago, where she filled travel journals with lively, realistic sketches of Korea and other destinations. At the encouragement of a Japanese publisher, she translated her sketches and watercolors into etchings and woodblock prints. As author of Eastern Windows (1928) and Old Korea (1946), Keith sought to capture a “vanishing Korea,” and her work remains especially relevant today as a view into the Korea of her age.
Accompanying the woodblock prints, etchings, and watercolors on display is an array of traditional hats from the period. From horsehair to bamboo, the materials employed by the contemporaneous Korean artisans add context and texture to Keith’s work. The hats served to connote the wearer’s status, a theme also examined in Keith’s work.
The headpieces are on loan from the Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum, Korean Art and Antiques, and the collection of Lea Sneider.
The Elizabeth Keith woodblock prints, etchings and watercolor are on loan from the collection of Young-Dahl Song. The attendant photos and postcards are from the collection of Norman Thorpe.
Thursday, October 14
The NYKFF 2010 Opening Reception will be held at The Korea Society on Thursday, 23 September 2010. The event will feature special remarks by Directors Im Sang-Soo (The Housemaid) and Boo Ji-Young (Sisters on the Road). We invite you to join us as we launch an amazing festival. The New York Korean Film Festival–the longest-running showcase of its kind in North America—is a true celebration of Korean cinema, with its auteurs, exciting screenings at MoMA and BAM Rose Cinema, and director discussions at The Korea Society.
NYKFF 2010 Opening Reception
With special remarks by Directors Im Sang-Soo and Boo Ji-Young.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
23 September 2010, 5-7 PM
The Korea Society
Samsung Center for Cultural Exchange
950 Third Ave, 8th Floor
New York, NY
The New York Korean Film Festival (NYKFF) is the foremost North American festival dedicated to showcasing the work of both mainstream and independent Korean cinema. Since its inception in 2001, NYKFF has established its own unique identity as a prestigious event on the world film circuit. Not only does the festival screen contemporary films, it also features panel discussions with directors and other leading figures in the world of Korean cinema.
This year, NYKFF audiences will be able to view some of the best of contemporary Korean cinema from September 22-30 at MoMa and October 1-3 at Bam Rose Cinema. Ranging from action to comedy, sci-fi to horror, to genre-bending altogether, this year’s films represent not only Korea’s top box-office hits but also some of the industry’s most creative and substantial movies to date.
All films will be shown in the original Korean with English subtitles.
For more information including film and special events schedules, ticket and venue information please visit www.koreanfilmfestival.org
The movements of Korea’s classical dance tradition reflect the essential rhythms of life in Korea. The exuberant yott’aryongch’um (Taffy Peddler Dance) walks audiences through the bustling marketplaces of Korea, while meditative, deeply symbolic performances such as the hwahyonmu (Lotus Dance) and sungmu (Monk’s Dance) explore the country’s deep Buddhist roots. From the gentle, gliding grace of the opening chaech’onmu (Choson Court Dance) to the thunderous drumming of the closing p’unggo, the dancers and musicians of the Chae Hyang Soon Dance Company display the strength and energy of Korean tradition.
Dynamic Korea: Dance & Song
Performances by the Chae Hyang Soon Dance Company
Sunday, 19 September ||
Queens Theatre in the Park, New York, NY
Tuesday, 21 September ||
St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH
Friday, 24 September ||
Alabama Asian Cultures Foundation/Virginia Samford Theatre, Birmingham, AL
Sunday, 26 September ||
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Tuesday, 28 September ||
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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