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Korea Foundation Cultural Center Celebrates 5th Anniversary

The Korea Foundation Cultural Center hosted a “Thank You” festival to mark the fifth anniversary of its establishment. The festival activities included an assortment of exhibition, performance, cinema, lecture, and book events throughout the month of September.

To herald the arrival of autumn, following a seemingly endless summer of sweltering heat, event organizers in Korea unleash a torrent of cultural performances to take advantage of the pleasant weather. This included the Korea Foundation Cultural Center (KFCC) that presented an array of cultural activities as part of its “Thank You” festival to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its opening. The festival featured exhibition, performance, cinema, and lecture events during the month of September, in appreciation of the support and encouragement extended by the KFCC visitors and volunteer group.
Since first opening its doors in 2005, the KFCC has organized 93 exhibitions and 26 concerts, along with screening 446 films and presenting 150 cultural lectures on various themes and topics. The festival thus served to confirm the KFCC’s instrumental role as a venue to promote international cultural exchange, in particular regard to the embassies in Korea of numerous world countries that might find it difficult to secure exhibition space within central Seoul.

KFCC Spectrums
A special exhibition, Spectrums of the Korea Foundation Cultural Center, was presented at the Gallery Areum, which sought to demonstrate the KFCC efforts to fulfill its role as a public venue for the promotion of the culture and arts from countries around the world. In particular, the exhibition displays, including video and photo images as well as various articles, provided highlights of the activities and exhibitions hosted by the KFCC over the past five years.
Noteworthy exhibitions shown at KFCC included Masterpieces in Ceramics from the Victoria & Albert Museum, Buddhist Art of India, Special Exhibition of Latin American Festival, Italian Style – Dressing Home, and Wearable Art: Indonesian Batik Cloth Exhibition, which attracted widespread attention as rare occasions in Korea to view the artistic and cultural treasures from countries and regions all over the world.

Gallery Concerts



The first gallery concert, “The Beautiful Resonance of Two Marimbas,” featured Hahn Moonkyung and Kim Eunhye who presented the lilting melodies that only the marimba can produce. The two performers are promising, next-generation musicians of the marimba/percussion scene. While currently working on an artist diploma course at the Department of Marimba, of CNR de Paris, Hahn has accumulated extensive performance experience since first appearing with a marimba group at the age of four. She is a consummate musician who strives to expand the potential of percussion instruments by participating in experimental music presentations that combine traditional Korean and Western musical influences, as a member of OPUS Ensemble. As for Kim Eunhye, she has received various awards and performed abroad a number of times. The two performers showed the marimba’s diverse charms, which clearly energized an appreciative and enthusiastic audience.
The second gallery concert, in keeping with its title of “Between Calm and Passion: A Night of Tango and Classical,” presented the graceful harmony of various musical instruments. Denis Sungho Janssens, a Korean-born guitarist who was adopted into a Belgian family, is currently active in Europe and Korea. He has gained attention through such television aries as “Docum IN,” shown on EBS, and “Samiingok” on KBS. Jinny is a pianist and founding member of “Orientango,” which has adopted a catchphrase of “Tango for the Ears, Not the Feet.” He has made a name for himself in Argentina, the home of tango. In addition, cellist Yang Sung-won is highly acclaimed for his creative interpretations and elegant performances. The diverse program provided the audience with a full spectrum of musical harmony that was met with loud applause for each work and an extended ovation after the final number.

Special Films
The monthly film screenings at the Cinema Room of the KFCC has attracted a growing number of regular visitors over the years. The KFCC has received great thanks for its screening of films that are hardly ever shown in Korea, from such countries and regions as Indonesia, Latin America, Northeast Asia, Hungary, Serbia and Brazil, which are offered in conjunction with lecture and exhibition events.
The special film screening, as part of the events to celebrate the KFCC fifth anniversary, featured six familiar and unforgettable movies under the title of “Retrospective 6.” The films included “Easy Rider,” an American classic; “The Motorcycle Diaries” that records the experiences of Che Guevara; “Kamome Diner,” a warmhearted story about people at a small Japanese restaurant in a corner of Helsinki; “Doctor Zhivago,” a classic love story; “Love Letter,” a poignant story of love; and “Our School,” a ary about young students attending a Korean school in Hokkaido, Japan.

World Music Lecture





The KFCC regularly offers lecture series for scholars and specialists of various fields to make presentations on selected themes. Previous programs have provided an introduction to such subjects as Islam, world music, and Latin culture. The “Encore, World Music Lecture,” presented by world music critic, Song Gee-chul, as part of the lecture series on World Music, was especially popular among the program audiences. Along with hosting the “Song Gee-chul’s World Music” program on MBC Radio, he has played a pioneering role in introducing world music to people in Korea. In his recent lecture, with considerable enthusiasm, he revealed his in-depth knowledge about world music and its growing status on the international stage. By introducing the music of such countries as Senegal, Cuba, and Ireland, to which the Korean people have only limited exposure, Song helped to enhance understanding about the music of various peoples around the globe.
Meanwhile, the KFCC Library presented a book to three users who had borrowed the most books from the library during the month of September. The Library maintains a collection of 930 Korean-language books, in 14 languages, along with various titles and multimedia materials on the culture and history of Korea and that of other countries, while functioning as a treasure trove of reference materials for international understanding. Related to the festival activities, the Library also presented books to 40 Korean and foreign visitors who offered messages of encouragement and congratulations.

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