“Revolt in the Soul & Body: 1900-1999” is an iconic series of image art made from post-production in the history of contemporary art in Taiwan. Completed between 1996 and 1999, its pieces include [Genealogy of Self] (1996), [Being Castrated] (1996), [Self-Destruction] (1996), [Rule of Law] (1997), [Lost Voice I, II, III] (1997), [Image of Absent Mind] (1998), [The Image of Identical Twins] (1998), [Na-Cha’s Body] (1998), and [A Way Going to an Insane City] (1999).
Through this series, Chen examines the history of the “photographed” as well as the gradual transition of “punishment” and “violence” from explicitness to implicitness during the process of modernization.