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Emil GOH (b. 1966) |
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 <woongje / Woo Heung Je.> 2005, Photograph, 370mm x 1500mm. From the series ”MyCy”Woo Heung Je is an avid collector of films on VHS as he is able to get rare & obscure Korean titles from ex-rental stores all over Seoul. He lives in a "one room" near Jamsil in Seoul. |
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| <MD03 / Min Ji Jo.> 2005, Photograph, 370mm x 1500mm. From the series ”MyCy” Min Ji Jo has a typical cyworld miniroom, well decorated, including a typical korean low dining table and her boyfriend's avatar. |
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| <sullengirl / Lee Kwang Ho.> 2005, Photograph, 370mm x 1500mm. From the series ”MyCy” Lee Kwang Ho's just moved into a new "one room". In his miniroom, he's joined by his girlfriend. They're looking the avatar he got last year to keep him company in the miniroom, when they were apart for 8 months. |
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| < i_triangle / Hyun Kwan Hoon > 2005, Photograph, 370mm x 1500mm. From the series ”MyCy” Hyun Kwang Hoon lives in a "one bedroom" in Hongdae. It's a recent addition on the roof of his building, quite common in Seoul. His favourite spot is his roof balcony. |
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Emil Goh moves seemingly effortlessly between countries and cultures. Malaysian born of Chinese descent, brought up and educated in Australia (and Goldsmith’s College in London) and now for the time being settled in Seoul, he manages to melt in pretty well almost anywhere. The place he stays in also provides his working material. His works are entirely about urban phenomena – lovers dressing codes for instance, or the Umbrella Taxi service he provided for pedestrians in a downtown area in Seoul. His currently most ambitious project is on the particular Internet culture in Korea relating to the “Cyworlds” that are created on a number of web-pages. Here young (and not-so-young) Koreans create their own Internet blogs, where they establish alternative personas and homes, complete with wallpapers and interior decorations. Much of the energy in Emil Goh’s work comes from his ability to become part of the phenomena he describes, not as a spy or observer, but as a participant and social chameleon.  Selected Exhibitions:Solo: 1997 The Couple (New Australia), Melbourne; 2000 between gallery 4a, London; 2001 Emil Goh, Sydney; 2002 Recent videos, Melbourne, Emil Goh, Sydney; 2002 Emil Goh 1996-2002, Adelaide; 2003 Remake, Sydney; 2004 Entroducing, Factory, Seoul Group: 2005 Jakarta International Video Art Festival Galeri Nasional, Jakarta; 2004
Busan Biennale, Busan, Slow Rushes, Contemporary Art Centre, Lithuania;
2003 Jakarta International
Video Art Festival,Jakarta, Housewarming, Hong Kong; 2002 RE/MAP, Japan,
European Media Art Festival, Germany; 2001 New Releases, Sydney, Sunburn,
Germany; 2000 Grazing: Emil Goh &
Lisa Cheung, Manchester, Flow, Kuala Lumpur; 1999 Perspecta, Sydney; 1998 Ways
of Being,
Sydney; 1996 Above & Beyond, Melbourne Recent catalogue in translation:Busan Biennale, Busan, 2004 |
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