European Palaces
The seven images from the series European Palaces depict the official palaces of the seven monarchies in Europe. Each image has been retouched so that the palaces no longer have any windows or doors and each national flag has been removed. The intention was to make something reminding the viewer of monuments, memorials or mausoleums. My intention was to make the palaces thoroughly redundant as buildings, only of interest to tourists or as landmarks. The series can be seen in the light of European history: the integration of our royal courts in view of current European integration. The project also reflects the architectural history of palaces – how castles progressed from being windowless defense points into modern palaces full of windows expressing confidence, wealth and sophistication.
 

Exhibited in Digital Sublime, Museum of Contemporary Art, Teipei, 2004
London Calling, Contemporary, Berlin, 2003
Media City Seoul, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2002
New Contemporaries, Static, Liverpool and Barbican Curve, London, 2002
The Show, Insa Art Space of the Arts Council of Korea, Seoul, 2002
Meantime, Royal College of Art, 2002

Catalogues:
Digital Sublime, Emily L. Wu and Frankie Su (ed.), Contemporary Art Foundation. Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, 2004 (ISBN 957-28957-6-1)
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2002, Bev Bytheway, Sacha Craddock and Des Lawrence (eds.), New Contemporaries Ltd., 2002 (ISBN 0-9450848-1-21)
Media_city Seoul 2002, The 2nd Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Wonil Rhee (ed.), Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2002

 
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