Plastik PLA, Arduino, servo,piezo | 2022
If You Obey All the Rules, You Miss All the Bibitulit is an interactive installation exploring the phenomenon of blind obedience to authority. Several brightly colored mini horn speakers, 3D-printed and mounted on servo stands, automatically bow toward the audience when approached. Each speaker is equipped with distance sensors that trigger this programmed gesture. Placed around poles or pillars, these speakers appear to offer a respectful bow, yet their programmed behavior contrasts with their persistent, uninterruptible sound.
This work visualizes how, in modern society, authority can appear friendly while subtly enforcing control. The gesture of respect is not genuine but a product of automated systems. The piece critiques symbolic mechanisms of power that seem accommodating yet reinforce domination, urging audiences to reflect on their roles: are they thinking subjects, or passive bodies accepting symbolic interactions without questioning the structures and intentions behind them?