Do Not Touch The Art!!

Installation in the Energy Gallery at the Science Museum London, 2004 by Christian Moeller

The Installation is part of an exhibition along the theme energy. A five meter tall stainless steel pole is standing in the center of a huge warning sign on the gallery floor telling the visitor "do not touch".
It creates a conflict by tempting the visitor to do precisely what he is warned not to do. This conflict, when resolved through disobedience results in a jolting physical experience. Whenever somebody decides to ignore the warning by touching the pole he receives a significant electric shock amplified by sound.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Christian
• Moeller
• art
• museum
• electric
• shock
• zap
• zapped
• taser
• tazer
• funny
• interactive

[Ibuki1961]

this woman is stupid

[ThePeanut92]

i touched it three times and nothing happened, then my dad did and he got shocked XD

[serialkillerwhale]

@ThePeanut92 rubber shoes maybe?

or the stick doesnt like your dad

[anonomous1324]

@ironmonnkey15

That's the whole idea. They put the warnings there to incentivize people TO touch it out of (Scientific) curiosity.

[ironmonnkey15]

What is that thing? Whats funny if the probably did not have the "Do not touch" sign, less people would touch it.

[GruntLogic]

Reminds me of an xkcd comic. "I wonder if that happens every time"

[11cookeaw1]

Do not touch!

[Prometheusmfd]

@alexnobody1 Yes, we've all read XKCD

And she's not a scientist. Only stupid.

[JungleJargon]

@Xunkun Nothing will ever prove that objects order mechanisms.

[Xunkun]

@JungleJargon Put this into google, first result:

Claim CB101

[alexnobody1]

She must be a scientist. A normal person would think "I better not do that again!" but she was probably thinking "I wonder if that happens every time?"

[ImSiftingHeads]

the blonde infection has gotten to the brunettes!