When I showed up at Chung King Road I really wasn't sure what to expect. But as I got closer to the art galleries I could hear that there were a lot of people here. I half expected the place to be a little dead and have to awkwardly walk around and look at art, but there were so many strange people and so many different galleries to check out!
Chung King Road
The first thing I noticed while there was a singer. She was singing much like Lana Del Rey and slurring her words together almost to the point where I couldn't understand what she was saying, but there was a very rhythmic and almost hypnotic vibe coming from the music and the way she was singing. She was singing to a video that kept repeating over and over and the meaning behind it all completely went over my head, so I didn't end up sticking around too long.
Singer's video
I decided to be a little bolder and actually went into an exhibit that didn't have very many people. I was standing there looking at one particular painting for quite a long time trying to discern its meaning. The painting was off a man getting a haircut. Only this man looked to be getting his brain cut and he was reading an interesting magazine while getting said "braincut." A few things I was able to catch were phrases like "depend on your TV." To me I understood this peace as a sort of commentary on the fact that we are being brainwashed by all the things around us like television. Being conditioned to think it certain ways which was why the man was getting his brain cut up instead of his hair. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a photo of the painting, but here is a photo of some little guys made out of masking tape and toothpaste!
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