Archiving Memories through Art - Dinner Among Five People on 26th May, a biannual documentary project initiated by Boie Wog and Sam Tam

Dinner Among Five People on 26th May is a documentary that records several dinner gatherings among five young adults who are from Hong Kong. It takes place once every two years, always on the same date. The participants are individuals who have, in various ways, participated in the pro-democracy movements in Hong Kong from 2012 to now. Throughout the dinners, they would recall fragmented memories of what had happened in Hong Kong in recent years and discuss the current situation and plans for the future. Each gathering lasts roughly two hours, and the conversations among them grow naturally without planned agendas. This work, initiated by Boie Wog and Sam Tam, is a long-term one that has been running biannually since mid-2017. Over the span of 6 years, from 2017 to 2019, four sets of documentation have been completed; the project is aimed to be carried out for at least 20 years. The first version of this work was exhibited in Network, an exhibition organised by RAGE Collective, which took place at MOVEMENT Worcester, United Kingdom, in 2017. The work has also been exhibited in other parts of the UK, Canada, and Korea in museums, art galleries, and art spaces. It has received media and press coverage in various parts of the world. The hosts have also been invited to speak about the ideology of the project in public lectures, conferences, and artists’ talks.

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