today i went to the museum of contemporary art. one of the shows at the museum features works of a political nature. some of these pieces probably wouldn't make sense if you weren't familiar with the problems taiwan encounters due to being internationally isolated. there was on piece dealing with the so called comfort women. women forced to be prostitutes for the japanese during the occupation. another piece consisted of manicans dressed as taiwanese soldiers contemplating bananas(i think this was my favourite). there was even a photograph of a urinal that looked like ancient chinese porcelin. good to see that the influence of duchamp is alive and well.