5100 Pentagon: Block Universe Performance Festival, Royal Academy, London, 4th June 2017.

<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 an open call leaflet, and poster, 8 choreography drawings,11 performance images, and 3 scanned pages of the festival programme (included courtesy of the Block Universe Performance Festival).<br><br>This item documents UK premiere of <b>5100:Pentagon</b> at the Royal Academy, London in 2017 as part of the <i>Block Universe Performance Festival</i>, a week long programme of events exploring identity and inclusivity and the power of the collective voice in divisive times. The choreographed movements for <b>5100: Pentagon </b>were inspired and developed by researching collected archival images relating to the Gwangju uprising of 18th May 1980 and first performed at the 2014 Gwangju Biennale.<br><br>The video of the Royal Academy Performance of <b>5100:Pentagon</b> was also shown at <i>The Moon’s Trick</i> 2017 at the Korean Cultural Centre, London and <i>MaytoDay</i> 2020, the international exhibition commemorating and examining the legacies of the 18 May 1980 Gwangju Uprising. MaytoDay, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, 14th October - 29th November 2020.<br><br>Exhibition Link:<br><b><a href="http://maytoday.org/en/project/young-in-hong/">http://maytoday.org/en/project/young-in-hong/</a></b><br><br><b>Photography by Young In Hong. Used with permission. </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><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>