The Taste of Money

Welcome to The Taste of Money Exhibition, an intellectually rigorous and profoundly unsettling spatial exploration that merges the scathing, uncompromising anti-capitalist critique of Im Sang-soo's film 'The Taste of Money' with…

Our exploration begins in the Vault of Ancient Accumulation. Here, safely secured behind inches of bulletproof glass and bathed in strict, low-lux conservation lighting, lies a meticulously curated selection drawn from the…

Emerging from the oppressive gloom of the historical vault, we are abruptly blinded by the staggering, aggressive opulence of the Chandelier Foyer of Decadence. This massive, soaring space is a meticulous, highly detailed…

In stark, brutal contrast to the sprawling decadence of the main foyer, we are now forced to navigate through a narrow, deliberately concealed service corridor that leads to The Maid's Hidden Quarter. This is a tiny, windowless,…

We re-enter the main exhibition path to find the Chamber of Commemorative Spectacle. Drawing again from the museum's vast archives, this room features a dazzling display of the 80 highly specialized commemorative coins minted…

Moving into the expansive Archive of Global Reach, we are surrounded by towering, meticulously organized display cases containing the museum's staggering collection of 2,300 stamps spanning thousands of global species and…

Our journey through the architecture of greed culminates in the profoundly shocking installation of The Burning Safe. This massive, reinforced steel structure, ripped open and severely blackened by intense heat, recreates the…

As we emerge from the smoldering ruins of The Burning Safe and leave the oppressive, hyper-luxurious confines of The Taste of Money Exhibition, we are left with a profound, lingering sense of intellectual and moral nausea. Im…