Destroy This Art is an interactive installation that explores themes of audience agency, impermanence, participation, and the transformation from physical to digital. The bold command, “DESTROY THIS ART,” places viewers in a conflicted role: should they follow the instruction or respect the sanctity of the artwork? This choice highlights the viewer’s role, as a motion-activated camera captures each interaction, documenting choices to engage, ignore, or resist.

By uploading these recordings to destroythisart.com, the piece transitions into the digital realm, transforming fleeting physical moments into lasting digital records. This cycle of interaction, documentation, and online presence blurs the boundaries between creator, viewer, and participant, making audience response integral to the artwork itself. The industrial look of the piece—its metal, LED lights, and floor placement—evokes a commercial or authoritarian feel, creating tension between the command’s boldness and the vulnerability of its message.

Through this interplay of form, interaction, and transformation, Destroy This Art invites viewers to reflect on how context shapes our understanding of art, questioning whether art resides in the object itself, the choices it presents, or the interactions it inspires.