5100 Pentagon: 10th Gwangju Biennale 2014, Gwangju, South Korea 2014.

<div>A ritualistic flash mob performance that re interprets a moment in history, <b>5100: Pentagon</b> explores modes of memorialisation and the potential of group subjectivity to challenge socio political hierarchies.<br><br>This item contains a project outline, an exhibition leaflet and press release, 12 choreography drawings, 1 performance image and 9 Gwangju rehearsal photos, a video demonstration of movements, social media project links, 2 adapted score sheets and an audio piano guide to the performance music.<br><br>This item documents the creation and performance of <b>5100 Pentagon</b> at the 10th Gwangju Biennale in 2014. The project was a ritualistic memorialisation of the violent Gwangju Uprising on 18th May 1980, a seminal moment in history, marking the emergence of democracy in South Korea. Volunteers were invited through an online open call to appear in the gallery space to interpret and perform a series of gestural movements accompanied by volunteer musicians, and then to leave. <b>5100: Pentagon</b> was performed differently by a separate group of participants each week, with no restrictions in age, gender or experience with each iteration activating and re contextualising a past seminal event it in the present as an act of resistance.<br><br><b>Photography and videography by Young In Hong. Used with permission.<br></b><br><b>Leaflet and promotional material courtesy of Gwangju Biennale.</b><br><br><b>The archival images partially included as references alongside the drawings made by Young In Hong as a part of the choreography were drawn from her research at the Seoul Museum of History and other archival sources, and used with permission. <br></b><b><br>The work is under copyright and may not be used without permission. Use of this repository acknowledges cooperation with its policies and relevant copyright law.</b></div>