Year: 2014

• Date: 12 December 2014 – 22 February 2015
• Venue: PLAZA del AGUA, Mar del Plata / Argentina

Soon Yul Kang is participating in the fourth edition of the End of the World Biennale (La Bienal del Fin del Mundo) held in Mar del Plata in Argentina. The Biennale invited 140 artists from 35 countries and five continents. The theme of the Biennale, titled “Contrasts & Utopias”, has been organized by the artistic director Massimo Scaringella with curatorial teams of Vittoria Biasi, Ricardo Cadenas, Fortunata Calabrò, Alessandro Demma, Micol Di Veroli, Loredana Manca, Justo Pastor Mellado, Rafael Raddi, Daniel Rangel, Yin Rong. The Biennale exhibitions and other events take place in various locations, Ushuaia in Argentina, the Chilean cities of Valparaíso and Punta Arenas and continue until March 2015.

Soon Yul Kang completed a circular form of diameter 180cm on the white wall creating a meditative atmosphere with her hand writing of the Korean word of 사랑 [sarang] (LOVE) repeatedly. She shows it in conjunction with two panels of paper collage works of the words of AMOR and LOVE and seven small offerings as white prayer.

“My work explores how the concept of white is used as a fundamental and universal symbol of pure love. White is the colour most often associated with innocence, purity, freshness and new beginnings. It is the opposite of black and contrasts light with darkness, day with night and good with evil. White is interpreted similarly in Eastern and Western cultures. Understanding the symbolic meanings of white in the circle of life, whether it is for birth, marriage or death is at the core of understanding pure love. Love is central to living in modern civilised society, love for nature, love of society, love of one’s religion, love between countries and races and love between individual human beings. In the modern world we use all kinds of technology to communicate, but it is still only by using our hand to write the words do we really convey a sense of feeling and intimacy. Concentration on circular form through the hand writing of the word LOVE (사랑 in Korean) repeatedly is a ritual as ZEN meditation practice towards awakening.”

Links:

• http://bienaldelfindelmundo.org/
• http://bienaldelfindelmundo.org/artistas/
• http://bienaldelfindelmundo.org/artistas/al-limite-del-cielo-voglio-posare-le-offerte-del-bianco/soon-yul-kang/

THE4th EDITION OF THE END OF THE WORLD BIENNALE

The 4th End of the World Biennale 2014 / 2015 delves into cultural, environmental and ecological topics for the purpose of generating interdisciplinary spaces for thought, for which it was created in 2007 and further carried forward in the successive 2009 and 2011 editions. This edition, held at venues in Argentina and Chile, will open the section of the Argentine city of Mar del Plata on December 12, 2014 through to February 22, 2015. In addition, an Agreement on Environment and Contemporary Art will be entered into on February 7 in the most southern city in Argentina, Ushuaia. In turn, the section in the Chilean city of Valparaíso will be opened on January 31 and will last until March 31, 2015, while the section of the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas will be opened from February 3 through March 31, 2015.

This fourth edition, titled “Contrasts & Utopias“, pursues and strengthens the inquiries from previous editions into contemporary issues, in order to suggest new contributions to our motto —“thinking, at the end of the world, what other world is possible”—, and is part of the project called “South Pole for Arts, Sciences, Tourism & Ecology”.

The 4th End of the World Biennial will witness the participation of about 140 international artists from 35 countries, with side events and actions promoting culture and tourism, and with Italy as the guest of honor.

President
Alberto Grottesi Errazu
Artistic Director
Massimo Scaringella

Curatorial Committee
Vittoria Biasi, Ricardo Cadenas, Fortunata Calabrò, Alessandro Demma,Micol Di Veroli, Loredana Manca, Justo Pastor Mellado, Rafael Raddi, Daniel Rangel, Yin Rong

Sponsored by
Argentine Presidency
Argentine Ministry of Culture
Argentine Ministry of Social Development
Ministry of Tourism
Municipality of General Pueyrredón – Mar del Plata – Batán
Mar del Plata Department of Culture
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation – “Italia’s Year in Latin America”
Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism
Italian Embassy in Argentina
IGAV – Garuzzo Institute for Contemporary Art
Federculture
Rome Academy of Fine Arts
Supported by
National Music Institute (Argentina)
Obras Sanitarias S.E. MGP and Ceramic School Rogelio Yrurtia (Mar del Plata)
Italian Culture Institute in Buenos Aires – Korean Cultural Center in Buenos Aires
University of Delaware (USA) – Department of Art Office of Undergraduate Research
Arts and humanities research Counsil AHRC (United Kingdom)
Yokohama College of Art & Design and World Art and Culture Exchange (Japan)
Elinn Light and Moto Identity Design Group (Korea) – United Overseas Bank UOB (Thailand)
Bolivarian Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Marta (Colombia)
Prometeo Gallery of Ida Pisani at Milano (Italy)

Pianist Minjung Baek has two recitals coming up: at St Mary’s Perivale on Wednesday 29th October and at the LSE on 13 November. More details below:

St Mary’s Perivale

Wednesday 29th October, 7.30 pm
Perivale Lane, Perivale, Middlesex, UB6 8SS [Map]

Programme

Scarlatti : Two sonatas
Chopin : Polonaise-Fantasie Op.61
Rachmaninov : Etude-Tableau in C minor Op33 no 3
Rachmaninov : Variations on a theme of Corelli Op 42

with
Alena Lugovkina (flute)
Andrey Lebedev (guitar)

Pujol: Suite Buenos Aires
Nelegatti: Tres Temas Argentinas
Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango

Admission free with retiring collection. No tickets issued beforehand

The winner of 2012 Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Competition, MinJung Baek was born in South Korea, and by eleven she had won fifty Korean national competitions. Later, she won top prizes at several international piano competitions including the 2012 Ernesto Falla, the 2012 Concorso Nuovi Orizzonti and 2006 the Rachmaninoff Piano Competition, which led to concerts playing Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2 & the Paganini Rhapsody in one concert, in both Ukraine and Italy. She made her orchestral debut when aged 10, and since then has performed and broadcast extensively all over the world. Recent highlights include her UK debut at the prestigious venues including Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall. She completed her Master of performance with distinction and the prestigious Artist Diploma as a full scholarship student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and also studied at Mannes college of Music in New York, and Artist Diploma at the world famous Accademia Pianistica Internazionale “Incontri col maestro” di Imola, Italy.

London School of Economics

Thursday 13 November 2014, 1.05-2pm
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, Houghton Street (Off the Aldwych [Map])

Programme

F.Chopin – Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
D.Scarlatti – Sonata in C major, K.159 & in G major, K.427
F.Liszt – Sonata in B minor, S.178
M.Ravel – La Valse

Winner of the 2012 Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Competition and a performer in music festivals around the world as soloist and chamber musician

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries see LSE Events FAQ or contact us at events@lse.ac.uk or 0207 955 6043.

KAA member Shin Yoon Seok is performing at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall, South Korea on 26 July 2014 at 8pm. The programme will include:

Saint-Saëns: ‘Carnival of the Animals’

with Seoul Amore Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Hee Tae Seo (Music Director in Korean Drama ‘Beethoven Virus’)
Pianists: Yoon-Seok Shin & Insun Kim
Narrator: Yoo Sung Jun (Comedian/Gagman)

(click on the below poster for a full-sized version)

Four KAA members, Ji Eun Jung, Sung Min Jeon, Hye Lim Kim and So Hyun Park, will be presenting a Korean Music Night on 5 June in Sofia’s National Palace of Culture, in an initiative promoted by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Bulgaria.

Cellist Catherine Lee will be accompanied by pianist Minjung Baek in a lunchtime duo recital at Blackheath Hall (Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music), 9 June 2014 at 1.10pm. The exact venue is The Recital Room, Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3 9RQ

No tickets are required.

Programme:

Brahms Cello Sonata No.2 in F Major, Op.99
Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor.

Blackheath Halls is a wonderful listed building and London’s oldest purpose built concert hall, located in South East London.

Train: Overground trains to Blackheath station.
By DLR: The nearest Docklands Light Railway station is Lewisham. Connections to Blackheath Halls can be made by Train or Bus.
By Bus: Routes 54, 89, 108, 202, 380, 386, N53 and N108 all stop in Blackheath.

www.minjungbaek.com | www.catherinemusic.com

Details of the final performance linked to Yong Min Cho’s Asia House residency have been announced. Tickets can be reserved via the Asia House website. Also below are details of a subsequent performance in Venice on 18 June.

Bridging Colours – White

Dance and Music Performance
Asia House | 63 New Cavendish St | London | W1G 7LP
13 June 2014, 6:45pm – 8:00pm

As part of his residency at Asia House, choreographer Yong Min Cho will present a special collaborative venture with Korean Dance Company Pyung-In and musical ensemble, Nol Eum Pan. The performance will have an emphasis on the colour white, as this is one of the five most important colours in Korean tradition and life, which consists of white, black, red, blue and yellow.

Yong Min Cho (UK/South Korea/Italy) Artistic director of A+M (Asia Movement), began his studies at the dance theatre school of Paolo Grassi (Picolo Teatro). After training in Milan, he moved to Venice to join the then named Academia I’sola Danza, where he worked with Carolyn Carlson. Since 2005, he has been living and working in London whilst touring in Italy and South Korea. A+M is a new platform for East-West cultural exchange to research and explore potential ideas that cross the rich and diverse traditions of Eastern Dance within a contemporary Western context.

The performance is in collaboration with the Fondazione Giorgi Cini onlus, Venice, and Antiruggine, Italy.

Find more information about Yong Min Cho on his website: www.ymcho.co.uk

Partner for this Summer dance programme
Sunok Phillips

And the Venice performance (click on the poster for a full-sized version):

KAA member Shin Yoon Seok is giving a piano recital at the prestigious Sejong Art Center in Seoul on 26 May 2014 at 7:30pm. The programme is as follows:

(click on the images for a full-size poster)

Links:

• Notice on Sejong Art Center website
• Buy tickets at Interpark