Saturday, March 2, 2013

Arirang

Atlas Gallery had an intriguing photographic exhibition recently of  North Korea's Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang.

The exhibition has now ended but there are plenty of clips on YouTube that are well worth checking out.  The show really is an incredible sight - tens of thousands of performers take part in it each year.


This photo shows the 'backdrop' - thousands of teenagers with a large number of coloured cards. They hold their piece of card in the air to spell out words or show scenes as a background for the performers below.  They are so synchronised that it's hard to believe that the result is not done by computer.

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