Kiss Miklós
Kiss Miklós Miklos's POP&ROLL installation serves as a critique of social media and 'selfie museums.' The installation included nearly 100 artworks and 20 distinctly designed toilets. Ironically, I had the wonderful chance to chat with Miklos via I nstagram. He told me he was deeply inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s infinity mirror room. And how in the early 2010s, installations like hers were being experienced differently. This was around the time when the iPhone first launched (2007) and when Instagram first came to be (2010). Miklos said that installations like Kusama's made people want to experience something they could participate in, document, and share. The invention of the iPhone/social media only increased this documentation. All these factors lead to the birth of “selfie museums”. Spaces designed purely for social media aesthetics. Here is a quote directly from Miklos himself: “The Art Toilet is my ironic commentary on this phenomenon [selfie museums]. I ...
