Clik | Edition 4 | October 2020.
Clik | Edition 4 | October 2020.
We are delighted to connect with you virtually at the click of a button! We invite you to join us, whenever you are ready, from wherever you are, on myriad creative journeys, where with valued partners in India and in Korea, we explore new pathways and experiences, re-visit the magic of past performances exciting exhibitions or present those newly imagined from creation to reception and distribition on digital platforms. In this edition, through vibrant performances, storytelling and fun competitions, we present evocative journeys and sensory experiences that are moored in local culture but travel the world to resonate with audiences worldwide!
We hope, with this e-digest, to stay meaningfully connected with you, to discover, engage and connect with the unique, local characteristics as well as the shared, global dimensions of the dynamic, ongoing intercultural dialogue between India and Korea.
Rank your favourite K-DRAMA !
We invited K-drama enthusiasts to pick their top 3 Korean dramas currently on air in India and to tell us in 75 words or less about their selection, what appealed and why.
The competition received close to a 100 entries and it is evident from the range, tone and timbre of the passionate responses, just how personally viewers are touched by the K-drama phenomenon! The top 3 winning entries, as well as the top 10 Korean dramas as reflected by this competition, will be published at 6.00 p.m IST at www.inkocentre.org on Thursday, 1 October 2020.
The top 3 winners of this competition will receive attractive prizes, courtesy the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, Chennai. Early Bird prizes will be awarded to the first 50 entries.
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We are delighted to announce the re-opening of Misone - the Café @ InKo Centre and Hanji Story - the Craft shop @ InKo Centre.
Misone, the Café @ InKo Centre serves home-cooked, fresh food, blending traditional Korean cuisine with contemporary variations. Whether aromatic coffee and tea blends, or a variety of carefully prepared dishes, the Café epitomizes slow food, in a cozy, energized space.* Eat, drink, taste, relax and re-energise.
Hanji Story, the Craft Shop @ InKo Centre, offers Korean hand-crafted gift items, an array of handmade hanji paper and interesting bric-a-bracs. Also on offer is a unique Korean gift-wrapping counter with paper and silk options with subtle, beautiful finishing touches. Touch, feel and enjoy the gift of harmony and balance.
Misone and Hanji Story will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 11 a.m to 6.00 p.m.
*Please note that until further notice, there will be no seated service at the Café. Customers are welcome though to reserve a time to visit the Café and take away their orders.
In view of social distancing directives to ensure your own safety and well-being and that of our staff, we will permit only two people at a time inside the Café and the Craft Shop. We request you to please call + 91-95000-46486 to make a reservation.
Ideas and stories traverse the globe and help us to stay connected even when we remain rooted to one place! Join us for a series presented in association with Tara Books that aims, through storytelling and activity-based interactions, to focus on how we might make sense of books cross-culturally.
Ideas and stories traverse the globe and help us to stay connected even when we remain rooted to one place! Join us for a series presented in association with Tara Books that aims, through storytelling and activity-based interactions, to focus on how we might make sense of books cross-culturally.
Working with over half a dozen publishers in Korea, there are currently 12 Tara titles available in Korean. This series of talks and interactions, focuses on 5 popular titles, one every month, from July to November 2020.
Gobble You Up, a stunning children's book, features in this edition of Travelling Titles. It was published by Daekyo in Korean in 2013. Cumulative verses about a greedy jackal that loves to gobble all creatures that come in its way, come alive in a series of bold, graphic drawings. Originally found on walls of Meena homes in Rajasthan, this art has been recreated for the book form by Meena artist, Sunita. Join us to find out more about Meena artists and their art, as we take you on a photo journey through Rajasthan, and bring you back to the book and its making.
Tune in to Tara Books Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/TaraBooks on Wednesday, 28 October 2020 at 5.00 p.m. IST.
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Beyond Binary, is a commissioned Indo-Korean theatre collaboration that explores a story (or stories) of sexual identity inspired by Indian mythology. The production aims to be a journey of discovery, linking traditional and contemporary performance traditions. Through strong physicality, the performers explore the dynamic relationship between dance and theatrical movement, with live Korean and Indian traditional music.
The production aims to examine how sexual identity is collectively created, defined, reiterated and very often restrained by social, religious, historical, legal and political contexts. What happens then to the individual within this collective definition? And what are those individual stories that converge to create a collective identity that will defy the stereotype handed down from generation to generation? When and why and how will their stories be told? And by whom? For whom? When can the ticking of that third box become a joyful assertion of free will?
Beyond Binary is directed by Yosup Bae, Artistic Director of Performance Group Tuida, South Korea and was co-produced by InKo Centre, AsiaNow Productions and the Namsan Arts Center, with support from key cultural agencies in Korea.
is directed by Yosup Bae, Artistic Director of Performance Group Tuida, South Korea and was co-produced by InKo Centre, AsiaNow Productions and the Namsan Arts Center, with support from key cultural agencies in Korea.
Duration: 90 minutes.
Languages: Korea, Tamil, English (with subtitles)
Suitable for mature audiences.
Tune in to https://www.youtube.com/user/InKoCentre on Friday, 30 October 2020 at 6.00 p.m. IST.
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