This abstract objects respond to your behaviour and disgust becomes a part of interaction.
Disgust acts here as a signal for the user, as well as for other people in the room seeing the user
with their object. I am interested in the transformation between the states of disgust to comfort,
especially in the moment of abjection when touching a dead object which becomes living matter in
surprise. Additionally to this intellectual uncertainty, the reaction of an inanimate object touching
back can horrify users.
The goosebump object simulates a pilomotor reflex (goose bumps on human skin) during
interaction, which means it will create little bumps on the surface on its backside while interacting
with it. The second object starts to flounder and squirm while it is being held. It physically wants
to get out of the situation, move away from the disgusting subject.
