Performance workshop with artist Soni Kum, Sunday February 19th at Pump House Gallery
This Sunday February 19th at Pump House Gallery, Battersea, London……
MONTHLY DO
Performance workshop with artist Soni Kum
Sunday 19 February
11am – 3pm
Soni Kum, a third generation Korean artist born in Japan, will present Sacrifice, Sacral Dance at the gallery on 19 February 2012.
Join Kum for a hands-on origami making workshop from 11am-2pm, in preparation for her performance event that will explore notions of dance as a sacred ritual at 2pm. …..dance was not only for spectacle but a sacred ritual, it was essential as a healing practice, which integrates our psychosomatic state of being. When our bodies are submerged in daily inertia, the only means to retrieve ourselves is to awaken this subdued dormant state of mind……. Soni Kum 2012
Soni Kum is an interdisciplinary artist who grew up in the North Korean Community in Japan but only spent about 8 days in North Korea when she was a teenager. Kum obtained South Korean citizenship in 2006.
The day will conclude with a talk by the artist from 3pm.
…… and last chance to see
EXHIBITION
Art, Performance and Activism in Contemporary Japan
18 January – 26 February 2012
Art, Performance and Activism in Contemporary Japan features the work of artist/activist based in Japan who push the boundaries of where art, performance and activism instersect.
Presenting visually powerful and pioneering works from the 1990′s to the present, the exhibition explores differing strategies of intervention that change how we think and act.
Curated by Fran Lloyd, Kingston University, and Rebecca Jennison, Kyoto Seika University
Admission Free
Pump House Gallery
Battersea Park, London
SW11 4NJ
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8871 7572
Fax: +44 (0)20 7228 9062
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Opening Times
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11am – 4pm
Saturday and Sunday 11am – 4pm
Closed Monday and Tuesday and during exhibition installations
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Train: Battersea Park or Queenstown Road
Tube: Sloane Square
