It was a tough day at work, I accidently erased an important text I worked hard on, with no sucsees on restoring it.
Don't believe the hype, when you see all these amazing photos with harbor blue sea view. They fail to express the hot temperature, the heavy humidity, and all those damn people reminding me how humanity is obliterating this planet (how exactly? click here for a one minute explanation)
So just when I thought this was my best insight for the day, I came across one of the most surprising attractions this town has to offer. It goes something like this:
This photo of Froggyland is courtesy of TripAdvisor
Welcome to Froggyland, Split.
No photos allowed!
Ok. So, What is it?
Well, During the early decades of the 20th century, Taxidermy was a huge trend, and taxidermy of amphibians was considered a delicate and most complex skill.
Ferenc Mere, a Hungarian taxidermist, developed his own technique and stuffed up thousands of frogs. Placing stuffed animals in everyday-human-scenarios was very popular that time, but what makes this so cute is the fact that frogs have no neck, so their point of view is, well, mostly out of context. The dioramas, like frozen 3d photos, are quite creepy yet inviting for a closer look on the small details.
While watching the exhibition I thought about several things:
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first of all, the no-photos policy actually makes sense, as for taxidermy would get affected and damaged with high exposure of flash light. None the less, the hole experience would be ruined if everybody would just take photos. Have you visited the Louvre Museum lately and tried to admire that over-exposed-lady?
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How similar humans behave in the early 20th century, compare to today's activities. And how many activities have we humans neglected during the passed 200 years? most of the hand crafts are in no use today; And there's this cute frog playing guitar to his lover on a boat, well.. find me that kinda frog and I'll kiss and make a prince out of... yeah, right.
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Memory got a whole new meaning with the no photos policy. What will I remember from the exhibition? Turns out more than expected, Roland Barthes accurately determined that photos actually makes us forget most details from the experience.
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How anxious I was to get out and share this experience with you. Talk about gratification delay, huh?
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