Studio INI – Disobedience

Disobedience, a ‘living’ sculpture is a 17 metre-long kinetic wall made from a steel spring skeleton and an innovative weave of recycled plastic. The visitors are confronted with an innocuous wall, yet as they step inside, its dynamic skin flexes and morphs in response to their movements; they have transgressed a boundary, transitioning from obedient spectators to disobedient actors. The work invites visitors to feel empowered as they re-construct their physical space. How often can one shift tonnes of metal through their physical presence? How often can one dissolve a wall to create new space? The transformation and undulation of the wall is experienced through a direct dialogue of body and space. The structure becomes a physical megaphone of people’s motion and emotion. Emotions such as curiosity, ambivalence, frustration, temptation, excitement and wonder are amplified as visitors experience the feeling of passing in between a boundary and uniquely impacting its shape.