by Sander Tams
2. February 2010 18:29
Wanted to buy a camera, but entered the code to my ATM card wrong 5 times yesterday. After getting a new bankbook, as I just found out I lost that one too. I got it fixed and found out there were not enough money left to buy the camera. Then drew my VISA card to pull out some money. Can only pull a few out every day while abroad (for preventing theft), so the amount I can withdraw in one day isn't enough. Still, I try to get a few coins for the day and the code is wrong, three times. The card is locked. Of course I can't tell, because all the machine bothers to give me, is a 4 digit number as error code. Bleh. Denmark then tells me the problem when I call them - luckily, they can just give me another few tries and I get it right. 10k NT$ comes out. Better wait for tomorrow to get the last few money bills, but then what? Left my VISA in the machine and it's eaten. Have to go back to the bank and show them a bunch of stuff to get it back tomorrow morning.
I wonder what else might be in store for me before I can get my hands on a professional camera.
Untill then, I would like you show you a picture of some pretty wicked art that untill recently could be found at the Visual Attract and Attack exhibition in one of the many art museums in Taipei. (It's over now, but that museum was Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei.)
Before you click this link to the picture of a somewhat amusing sculpture, which is maybe not safe for work in more conservative environments, here's another photo of some images exhibited in the same department. Sorry if the one below offends you. I myself don't consider this stuff overstepping the mark. And the many guests at the museum would at least be an indication that people are not overly conservative here.
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Of course, it probably doesn't compare one bit to the live theatrical remake on the story of Salò that has been going on in my homecountry's Østerbro the recent days, but then again, Denmark was the first country to legalise pornography.
Seems they're not going to cut down on the fun up there just because I'm gone.
And I am sincerely sorry on how fast I managed to turn this post from money transfering frustrations to a discussion of edgy art. Click back and forth on boonbot.com if you want to see a few more pictures from that exhibition, which also contains a few types of art other than those discussing sexuality. (Click this link to get an overview of only photos taken during that day.)
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