Insatiability

The installation refers to popular activities like having bubble wrap popping or shelling broad beans. It is a sensory-stimulating action based on physical contact with matter. For many people, it is a source of pleasure, satisfaction, relaxation or solace. However, there is a certain trap lurking behind it. The release of dopamine creates a dependency on repetition and fuels a desire for the activity to continue indefinitely. Insatiability becomes the dominant feeling. Who or what has power over whom or what? Can we tell ourselves: ‘Enough is enough’?