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“The Book of I” unfolds like an Epic theater* play. The protagonists are sculptural works made with traditional Korean architectural and domestic elements such as an original guardian pole (a Jangseung Korean. Korean: 장승), a hanging scroll ( a Jokja. Korean: 족자), and a folding screen (a Byeong-poong. Korean: 병풍 ). The artist used a Brechtian Verfremdungseffekt ("estrangement effect" or "alienation effect") depleting the object’s original functions and assigning them multiple roles and meanings through painterly elements leveraged through the use of Artificial Intelligence …