The Hague Forest, illumination of a large pond for Queen Wilhelmina's birthday; Peace Palace. Haags Gemeentearchief, August 31 1906
Listening event for Peace Palace at Roodkapje, Rotterdam
Listening event for Peace Palace at Roodkapje, Rotterdam
Peace Palace
PEACE PALACE is an experimental soundwalk devised by artist Lina 은지 Chang. The project investigates the life of Korean activist 이준 (Yi-Jun), who was found dead along with two other Korean political emissaries shortly after they were denied entry to the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907.
Searching for alternative explanations for how and why these political figures died — namely the possibility that they were assassinated — Chang visited key locations in The Hague and recorded interviews with local residents asking what they know about his story. Comparing these interviews with others collected from Korean nationals abroad, the soundwalk asks its participants to consider the historical blindness that arises from international conflict and slippages that occur when oral history disappears.
Producer: Lina Eunji Chang, Pansori Sound Studio
Graphic Design: Trisha Jiyeon Kim
Collaborators: Julia Dahee Hong, Tatiana Kim, Andrei-Sergei Kim, Erwin Tuil from the National Archives, Raymund Schütz from the Municipal Archives of the Hague, and Gijsbert Kok
Sound-Design: Mae-Li Evans
Thank you to the Creative Industries Fund NL for their support
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