Deviant Ollamdeviantollam@defcon.social
Oct 7, 2026, 6:43 PMFeels low-key unfair to have art like this which seems to be begging to be touched only to tell people that they shouldn't touch it.
I wanna touch the plushy-ness! 👉🛋️
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QueBabblingGeek@infosec.exchangeOct 7, 2026, 6:44 PM@deviantollam it would be a vastly better installation if you could touch it
Hakan Bayındırbayindirh@mastodon.sdf.orgOct 7, 2026, 7:07 PMI'd argue otherwise, because we're conditioned to do whatever we want, that constraint makes you appreciate it way more. You imagine how nice it must be, yet constraining yourself burns you at the same time.
If it was ordinary, you'd forget it. Now you'll forever remember that this installation exists and Deviant posted about it.
...and you'll want to touch it till eternity.
The installation has accomplished its goal.
- Deviant Ollamdeviantollam@defcon.socialOct 7, 2026, 7:53 PM
@bayindirh @BabblingGeek hah, that is a very interesting take ☺️
Colincolinstu@birdbutt.comOct 7, 2026, 9:19 PM@bayindirh @BabblingGeek @deviantollam edged by art 👌👌👌
Fritz AdalisFritzAdalis@infosec.exchangeOct 7, 2026, 10:27 PM@bayindirh @BabblingGeek @deviantollam @deviantollam
Maybe the art is the friends we made along the way!
Ruediger Gadruedigergad@mastodon.onlineOct 8, 2026, 4:20 AM@bayindirh @BabblingGeek @deviantollam and it makes those who dared to touch it feel extra badass and outlaw. 😄
- Ruediger Gadruedigergad@mastodon.onlineOct 8, 2026, 4:25 AM
@bayindirh @BabblingGeek @deviantollam which actually makes me wonder now if the "do not touch" sign was intentionally put there by the artist or if it was added post factum by the exhibition hall.
If the exhibition hall added it they surely contributed to the artwork as shown in the photos. And I wonder what the artist thinks about this.
Oct 7, 2026, 6:45 PM@deviantollam@defcon.social fuck you kayla i'm touching it
- Deviant Ollamdeviantollam@defcon.socialOct 7, 2026, 6:55 PM
@Stellar I like to think Kayla would approve. I imagine a world where it's the gallery staff who have put up this rule arbitrarily.
atraidezatraidez@infosec.exchangeOct 7, 2026, 7:36 PM@deviantollam I don't see a sign that doesn't stop knocking them onto the ground and then having a seat. No skin contact is technically not touching. Wouldn't taking a nap on art made out of cushions with that sign be a good poster for a "No Gods No Masters" tagline?
- Deviant Ollamdeviantollam@defcon.socialOct 7, 2026, 7:53 PM
@atraidez hah
sbstgtsbstgt@sueden.socialOct 7, 2026, 7:41 PM@deviantollam but if the art touches me, that's ok?
Such a double standard!
Dr. Fortyseven 🥃 █▓▒░fortyseven@defcon.socialOct 7, 2026, 7:52 PM@deviantollam Diabolical. 😓
Oct 7, 2026, 7:53 PM@deviantollam missed opportunity to have a touchable replica next to it. I love when museums or galleries do that.
Lou.gkrnours@mastodon.gamedev.placeOct 7, 2026, 9:07 PM@deviantollam art you can't touch is evil.
I have fond memory of these massive steel plate at the bilbao guggenheim and the way footstep resonate when walking within them.
Also, buren's columns in paris. Buren is famous for using pattern of lines roughly 10cm wide. The columns are like 100 columns of different height placed each at equal distance in a square. When I visited, some kids where climbing them. People try to throw coins on top of the one fenced off
- Colincolinstu@birdbutt.comOct 7, 2026, 9:15 PM
@deviantollam they may as well put a huge sprawled-out fluffy kitty belly on the wall.
Mark Harrisnzlemming@mastodon.nzOct 7, 2026, 11:55 PM@deviantollam Why cushion-shaped if not cushion?
(actually, how is this art?)