A dystopian robot arm is taking over TikTok, but what does it really mean?

Art installation: Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, Can’t Help Myself (2016-19). Article by: Thom Waite. Dazed Digital – January 18, 2022.

Is Can’t Help Myself a ‘tragic’ commentary on contemporary life, or are we all completely missing the point?

Back in 2016, Sun Yuan and Peng Yu — two of China’s most scandalous artists, known for using controversial materials such as  live animals and human tissue in their work — debuted a new installation, commissioned for the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Titled Can’t Help Myself (2016-19), the artwork featured an industrial robot arm in a large glass box, where it had one task: contain a pool of viscous red liquid seeping out across the floor.[…]

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