Deadline: March 25, 2022

Source: kccuk.org.uk

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Thank you for your interest in the post of Film Production Coordinator/ Film Marketing Coordinator for the film team at the KCCUK.

Please read the following job description and candidate specification carefully, telling us in your cover letter what brought you to apply for this role, and what kind of professional skills you can contribute to the successful promotion of the KCCUK Film Programme.

Please submit your application (cover letter and CV) via email. Your cover letter should outline why you are interested in the role, as well as the skills and experience. The closing date for applications is 25th March 2022.

Once applications have been processed, selected candidates will be invited to attend an interview on either 29 or 30 March 2022.

For further information on the role please contact info@kccuk.org.uk.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Deadline: February 23, 2022

Source: kccuk.org.uk, instagram.com/kccuk

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 Join The K-Pop Academy 2022 (image credit: kccuk.org.uk)

We bring back one of KCCUK’s most famous programs – the K-Pop Academy! We are happy to announce that its 21st edition is now accepting applications.

After celebrating its 10th anniversary, the academy is gearing up to start a new decade with newer and even better content, more interesting workshops, lectures, and other fun activities.

As usual, we hope that upon the completion of the course, you will have developed a deeper understanding of Korea and Korean culture.

Apply now to meet life-long friends and share your passion for Korea at the KCCUK.

This year will mainly include offline sessions every Saturday at either 12-2pm OR 2-4 pm depending on the lecture - between 05 March – 28 May 2022.

Apply by 23 February for a chance to be a part of the UK's leading K-Culture Course.

Visit here: kccuk.org.uk/kpa2022 

A Korean culture program for everyone!

The recent increase of ‘K’-related content has made you curious about the country and its culture but you don’t know how to get involved in hands-on experience here in the UK? Or you’re a K-pop or K-drama fan who wants to learn more about Korea and share your passion with other enthusiasts?! Then this is your chance to do something about it!

Through this 12-week course, you will be able to explore various sides of Korea through lectures, workshops, and some hands-on experience with leading experts on Korean culture. This year we start a new decade of the academy with an exciting, refreshed program.

Join us for a series of fun, educational lectures, and workshops covering everything from Korean traditional dance and arts (such as Ganggangsullae, ink painting, or calligraphy) to traditional Korean clothing, sports, and K-pop dance.

Special guest speakers for this year's edition include Taekwondo master Jongho Kim, calligraphers Kilchan Lee, Artist-researcher Dr. Young Maeng, traditional Korean Dance expert Yerin Lee, K-Pop dance instructor Min, and K-Pop vocal coach, Yongdae Kim.

As usual, we hope that, upon the completion of the course, you will have developed a deeper understanding of Korea and Korean culture and we hope this affinity with Korea will last a lifetime.

So, what are you waiting for? Check out the program details and timetable below and apply now for your chance to take part.

Program Details:

• Date: 5 March – 28 May (12 weeks)
• Time: Saturdays, 2-4pm (Time can be subject to change depending on the lecture)
• Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK, and various venues including online
• Spaces: 30
• Application deadline: Wednesday 23 February 2022

Apply here for a chance to be a part of the UK's leading K-Culture Course.

Please note: to be eligible you must be 16 or over and have a keen interest in any aspect of Korean Culture (e.g. music, arts, fashion, literature, etc.) and you must be able to attend the sessions in person.

How to Apply:

• Option 1 – Fill out and submit the online K-Pop Academy Application Form (Click here)
• Option 2 – Make a video introducing yourself and telling us why you’d like to participate in the K-Pop Academy (feel free to use the questions on the application form as a guide). Please send your completed application to kccuk.thekpopacademy@gmail.com.

If you have any questions about the course or application process, please do not hesitate to get in touch via this email address: kccuk.thekpopacademy@gmail.com

The application deadline is Wednesday 23 February – applications received outside of the application window will not be considered.

Once the application window has closed our computer software will select at random the successful applicants first and then a waiting list, and the successful applicants will be contacted by email with further details. Should any applicants cancel, their place will be offered to the first person on the waiting list, and so on?

2022 Provisional Time Table

1. 5 March Orientation
2. 12 March Taekwondo
3. 19 March Korean History
4. 26 March Hanbok
5. 2 April Hangeul and Calligraphy
6. 9 April Traditional Korean Dance: Ganggangsullae
• ** Easter Break**
7. 23 April Traditional Korean Ink Painting
8. 30 April Gayageum
9. 7 May K-Pop Dance
10. 14 May K-Pop Vocal
11. 21 May Korean Cuisine
12. 28 May Graduation

*Please note that the programs listed above may be subject to change

If you have any questions about the course or application process, please get in touch kccuk.thekpopacademy@gmail.com.

COVID-19 Safety Requirements

We ask for your cooperation in following all UK government guidance for COVID-19 safety. Depending on their regulations, you may be required to wear masks, submit to temperature checks, and /or follow social distancing rules at the Korean Cultural Centre UK. We strongly advise regular self-testing for COVID-19; the UK Government offers free rapid home testing kits, which can be ordered here.

Photographs, videos and press photography

This event will be video recorded with pictures taken through the venue for social media, marketing and promotion. By entering and by your presence here, you consent to being photographed, and filmed.

Deadline: January 28, 2022

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2021 KCC UK X Germany Open Call (credit: kccuk.org.uk)

Nothing is – everything just has been or will be

The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) showcases its annual open call exhibition inviting six international artists selected by four jurors: Alessio Antoniolli (Director of Gasworks), Dr. Sook-Kyung Lee (Senior Curator at Tate Modern), Li Zhenhua (Curator), Dr. Siegfried Zielinski (Professor). For the first time ever, this year’s KCC Open Call was designed to travel across two major cities - the heart of contemporary art, London and Berlin, in order to expand the opportunity of these talented emerging artists. Entitled Nothing is - everything just has been or will be, the finalists of the 2021 KCC UK and Germany Open call creatively reflect on the notion of time and its fluidity.

The exhibition brings together various ideas and artistic expressions of winners, which interrogate the world where the definition of time has been blurred, and trace the shifting notion or value of time fueled by digitalization and globalization. Such ideas are particularly pertinent to this era of pandemics where our lives have been forced to online and physical movement has been restricted. Diverse in content and media, their works each embrace a unique creative practice such as visualization of the passing of time, material manipulations, and profound research into historical dialogues.

Exhibition Details

Date: 12 November 2021 – 28 January 2022

Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK

Opening Reception: 11 Nov, 6-8pm

Price: Free Admission

Participating Artists

Gala Bell (UK), Sarah Duffy (UK), Woojin Kim (KR), Hye Young Sin (KR), Yen Noh (KR), Jangwoo You (KR)

*Please contact us for Artists’ bios, high-resolution images, and opening photographs and videos

2021 KCC Open Call Jurors

Alessio Antoniolli is the Director of Gasworks, where he leads a program of exhibitions, international residencies, and participatory events. He is also the Director of Triangle Network, a worldwide network of visual art organizations that work together to create artists’ exchanges and to share knowledge with each other. He has lectured widely and has been part of many juries including the UK’s Turner Prize in 2019.

Dr. Sook-Kyung Lee works on exhibitions, acquisitions, and collection displays at Tate Modern as Senior Curator, International Art, and heads a major research initiative Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational. Lee curated Nam June Paik at Tate Modern in 2019 with Rudolf Frieling. She has also curated collection exhibitions and displays at Tate Modern, such as A Year in Art: Australia 1992 (2021-2022), CAMP: From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf (2019-20), and Xiao Lu and Niki de Saint Phalle (2018-19). She served as the Commissioner and Curator of the Korean Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale (2015)

Li Zhenhua is currently working in Zurich, Berlin, and Hong Kong, Active in contemporary art since 1996. he is currently the Curator of FILM at Art Basel in Hong Kong (since 2014). Li was the International Consultant of the Barbican International Exhibition "Digital Revolution”(2014), UK, and has served as a final jury member for many national and international organizations, including Transmediale (2010), CCAA (*now as M+ Art Museum Sigg Prize 2012), Fantoche Animation Festival (2012), Hyundai Blue Prize (2018), etc.

Dr. Siegfried Zielinski is Michel Foucault Professor of Media Archaeology & Techno-Culture at the European Graduate School (CH), honorary doctor and professor of the Budapest University of Arts, and Professor emeritus of media theory at Berlin University of the Arts. He was founding rector (1994–2000) of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, director of the Vilém Flusser Archive (1998-2016), and director of the Karlsruhe University of Arts & Design (2016-2018). Zielinski is a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts and the North-Rhine-Westfalia Academy of Sciences & Arts.