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A controversial young art duo included in the show breaks new ground with Can’t Help Myself (2016), a gigantic robot equipped with a single arm upon whose end a shovel-like object is attached. It is the brainchild of Beijing-based artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu. Described by the press release as “guard” of sorts, the robot’s duty is to contain a pool of dark liquid resembling blood as it starts to seep away. The more the substance oozes, the more frantic the robot grows, shoveling the liquid in a move that leaves behind smears and traces of red.

Can’t Help Myself, according the curator, “is itself a tale, a story, that we can say comments on our contemporary culture.”

You can watch a video of it here.

I think seeing the way it moves and hearing how it sounds contributes greatly to the piece.

Yes watch the video, for the sound and the motion, but also to get a feel for how F U C K I N G   L A R G E this thing is. I missed the person in the upper right of the above photo so I thought it was like, the size of a housecat. nope