Zhang Peili's video installation series reconstructs footage excerpted from older North Korean films, including gestures of argument, smiles, and tears standardized through socialist conventions. Removed from their original contexts and repositioned within Gwangju Theatre, these familiar cinematic gestures form new relationships and acquire new meanings, prompting reflection on performance and ideology, as well as collective memory across generations.

Revolutionary Sequences (2026)

September 5, 2026 1 min

Director: Zhang Peili

Zhang Peili's video installation series reconstructs footage excerpted from older North Korean films, including gestures of argument, smiles, and tears standardized through socialist conventions. Removed from their original contexts and repositioned within Gwangju Theatre, these familiar cinematic gestures form new relationships and acquire new meanings, prompting reflection on performance and ideology, as well as collective memory across generations.

Director

Zhang Peili