2013-2014 / Established as a gentlemen’s club in Yangon in the 1880s, the Pegu Club’s purpose was to serve and entertain British army officers and civilian administrators after the annexation of Upper Burma in 1885. However, it became known throughout the empire as the venue from where the country was unofficially run. Although not operational for over fifty years, its buildings are still in existence. The gates that were firmly shut to all but those who governed are now rusted open. Families inhabit the outbuildings, while the interconnected wings of the club are barely standing. The walls resonate with the sounds of colonial elitism and injustice. It was also used as an officers’ brothel by the Japanese Army during their brutal occupation. At a time of both stagnation and flux, this is a city filled with structures that infuse its painful past with the notion of not knowing what will come next.