I will present my research on activist performances that animate the material remains of the Sewol Ferry disaster in the service of materializing truth and redress at the 1st Humanities Korea Conference hosted by the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Specifically, I will talk about how these performances utilize objects that materialize both the victims’ individual and collective lives and the ongoing impacts of the loss of these victims on specific families and communities. The conference will take place on April 28, 2023 at the University of Pennsylvania.