Prof. Jin Young Choi speaks with author Kyung-sook Shin about her novel ‘Please Look After Mom’
March 24, 2011
Category: Arts & Culture
Please Look After Mom
Mapping Identity: Antiquarian Korean Maps of the MacLean Collection
Richard Pegg, Asian art curator of Chicago’s MacLean Collection, examines Korean maps in a variety of formats, the challenges faced by cartographers, and the formation of multiple identities in Korea during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The MacLean Collection, housed in a private museum outside Chicago, focuses on the cultures of Korea, China, and Southeast Asia.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Asia Week 2011 Gallery Talk
Mapping Identity: Antiquarian Korean Maps of the MacLean Collection
10,000 Threads Around the World
In conjunction with the gallery exhibition 10,000 Threads, acclaimed author Spike Gillespie explores the diversity and common threads of quilting in Korea, its neighbors, and lands beyond. Gillespie takes the listener on a global journey of the art, approaches, and techniques of quilt making.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Asia Week 2011 Gallery Talk
10,000 Threads Around the World
with
Spike Gillespie
Author, Quilts Around the World: The Story of Quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe
10,000 Threads: The Collected Works of Quilt Master Kim Haeja
February 22—March 31, 2011
Traditional Korean quilting, with its unique “nubi” line-stitching, is elevated to a high art under the masterful hands of award-winning artisan Haeja Kim. A designated holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property award by the Korean government for her efforts at preserving Korea’s artistic heritage, Kim meticulously line-stitches layers of batting and fabric into fine garments and coverings. The tiny stitches are employed over each article in a deceptively simple pattern, with smaller stitching highly valued and the mark of a true expert.
Nubi textiles are thought to have originated among Buddhist monks, who valued its strength, simplicity, and insulation against Korea’s frigid winters. Lay people employed it for traditional dress and soldiers for defense against the cold and added physical protection. However, the hand-craft of nubi largely disappeared in modern times with the introduction of the sewing machine.
The items selected for this special showing are grouped in three parts:
Children’s Clothing—February 22–March 4
Adult Clothing—March 7–18
Children’s Ceremonial Clothing—March 21–31
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Master Kim has been breathing new life into the art ever since she surprised visitors to the Korea Annual Traditional Art Exhibition two decades ago with 3mm-5mm nubi stitchwork—a feat, not seen for a century, that won the Prime Minister’s Award. Today, she is much sought after as a teacher and master of the form. In her humble and elegant rural studio, surrounded by attentive student apprentices, she displays a unique dedication to craft, hand-processing her fabrics with natural dyes like indigo, safflower, and charcoal. Her work has been exhibited in Korea, Japan, China, and France. This exhibition at The Korea Society represents Kim’s first major U.S. showing.
Special Screening of HaHaHa
The Korea Society joins the newly renovated Museum of the Moving Image to present Hong Sang-soo’s Hahaha, a deceptively light romantic comedy which won the 2010 Prize Un Certain Regard at Cannes. The film follows a filmmaker on the skids who meets a film-critic friend. During a drinking session, they decide to share memories of trips they took to the same seaside town. Enjoy this special screening at Museum of the Moving Image’s new 267-seat cinema, which is only ten minutes from The Korea Society, at 35th Avenue and 37th Street in Astoria.
Sunday, July 17, 2011 | 6 PM
Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria
From midtown, taxi or N/Q Train outbound to 36th Avenue
Tickets $10 at The Museum of the Moving Image and include museum admission for exhibition viewing before 5 PM that day.
HaHaHa (115 min) 2010
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About the Director
Since winning Best New Director at the Asian Pacific Film Festival, Hong Sang-soo has emerged as a leading contemporary Korean director. Greatly influenced by French New Wave cinema, Hong’s work is unique among Korean filmmakers. He skillfully captures simple moments in life, and crafts unforgettable scenes of human relationships and interaction. He won international recognition for The Power of Kangwon Province, Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Woman is the Future of Man, The Turning Gate, and Woman on the Beach.
Special Screening of Poetry
About the Director: Lee Chang-dong was a successful novelist and screenwriter before he came to be one of Korea’s most talented directors. His movies, such as “Peppermint Candy,” “Oasis,” “Secret Sunshine,” and his award-winning debut, “Green Fish,” are viewed as artistic critiques of Korean society. Director Lee has garnered much international recognition and has won awards at the prestigious Cannes, Berlin, and Toronto film festivals.
Sunday, January 23, 2011 | 4 PM
Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria
From midtown, taxi or N/Q Train outbound to 36th Avenue
General admission $10
Visit The Museum of the Moving Image for more information.
Poetry (139 min) 2010
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A mysterious death, a woman with Alzheimer’s, and a poetry class are at the core of this highly acclaimed new film by Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine). Featuring an indelible central performance by Yun Jung-hee, this multilayered drama also won best screenplay at Cannes. Courtesy of Kino International. Directed by Lee Chang-dong.
Korean Architecture and Design in Convergent Flux
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
Christianity in Korea: A Panel Discussion
On December 10, 2010, The Korea Society hosted a panel discussion at the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta on the missionary experience in Korea. James T. Laney, former US ambassador to South Korea, led the panel, which included Donald Clark, professor of history at Trinity University, who gave an overview of the history of Christianity in Korea; William Brown, a son and grandson of Christan missionaries to Korea and China, who shared accounts written by missionaries in his family; and the Reverend George Wirth, senior pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, who suggested that American Christians have much to learn from Korean Presbyterians about church growth, management, and missionary work. The program was part of The Korea Society’s Korea Days regional outreach program in Atlanta, Georgia.
All events FREE and courtesy of lead corporate sponsor
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Filmmakers Roundtable: A Discussion with Director Brian Iglesias
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
From Autumn to Winter’s Eve: A Musical Journey
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.
