Obedience Play

Obedience Play reconfigures the mythological figure of the Fire Horse—traditionally associated with speed, power, and inevitable domestication—into a performative technological apparatus.

Concept

Situated within the context of frictionless intelligent environments, the work deliberately produces malfunction, delay, and emotionalized responses to environmental stimuli such as temperature, humidity, and noise. Through clumsy, humorous, yet resistant behaviors, the Fire Horse interrupts efficiency-driven service logic and reintroduces non-human agency into public space, framing technology as a bodily, experiential, and negotiable entity rather than a seamless instrument of compliance.