Shi Jin-Hua
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After Money Walker, another one of my projects related to the ATM centered around weight and blood sugar control. The intention behind this project was that my doctor thought I should watch my weight so that my blood sugar could be controlled. Against this backdrop, I decided to open up two accounts in two respective banks. After receiving my bank card, I walked to and fro between the ATMs of the two banks and transferred money from one bank to another to burn calories. A transaction fee was charged every time there a bank transfer was made, so the amount of money in my bank account gradually decreased. I repeated these actions until all of my money was spent on transaction fees, and then I suspended my transfers as well as my weight loss plan. All of the bank transfers were documented in my bankbook and the receipts which I kept. Every time I took a walk to make a transfer, I would also weigh myself and take a photograph.
The round trip from my place to Kaohsiung Bank and then to Taiwan Bank was 6 kilometers. In six months, there were 100 transfers made on the ATMs of the two banks. The transfer fee was NTD17 for each transfer while it cost me a total of NTD1,700 and a walking distance of 600 kilometers. My weight dropped from 80.5 kilograms to 72.5 kilograms. On average, each kilogram cost me of NTD212.5.
My idea was to see the city as a gym. I used time away from work to burn calories. The ATM machine was a replacement of the treadmill, while the transaction fees resembled a gym membership. The receipts from each transfer turned into the documents of performance art. I have heard that weight loss centers charge NTD10,000 for each kilogram that their client loses. Using my method, walking between two ATM machines helped me lose weight at NTD212.5 per kilogram.
繼《取款的人》以後又一件關於自動提款機的作品,這是一件關於控制體重與血糖的作品,起因是因為我的醫生認為我應該注意體重以便血糖的控制。在兩家銀行各開一帳戶並取得金融卡,以步行方式移動於兩銀行自動櫃員機之間,持續用金融卡轉帳到另一銀行帳戶,藉此消耗熱量,達成減肥目標。由於每次轉帳銀行會收取費用,金額因此將逐漸減少。重複這個動作,直到耗完這些錢,停止轉帳與減肥。文件的部分,留存每次的轉帳收據與存款簿上的紀錄。每次轉帳步行後,測量體重,拍照記錄。
從我的家到高雄銀行再到台灣銀行然後返家的距離是6公里,半年的時間在兩銀行的自動櫃員機間轉了100次的帳,而跨行轉帳一次收費17元,一共耗費1,700元,走了600公里,體重從80.5公斤減至72.5公斤,平均每公斤減重代價是212.5元。
我的想法是,把城市當作一個健身房,我利用工作以外的時間來燃燒熱量。自動櫃員機取代了跑步機,跨行轉帳費猶如健身房會員費用,而轉帳的收據則是我行為藝術的文件。據說,台北的瘦身中心每減一公斤收費一萬元新台幣,而我這裡提供的瘦身方法,在兩台自動櫃員機之間步行,每公斤只要新台幣212.5元。
Provenance
Publications
2013 “Shi Jin-Hua”, Mind Set Art Center, Taiwan2013 《石晉華》,安卓藝術股份有限公司,台灣