go_touch_some_grass is a multimedia installation that explores how digital culture changes the way we experience nature and reality. Inspired by the phrase “touch grass,” it reflects on overstimulation, constant doomscrolling, and the control algorithms have over our attention and emotions in a hyperconnected world. The work combines real, AI-generated, and digitally altered videos with layered, distorted sound, and a synthetic voice inviting to disconnect. Artificial flowers and synthetic grass emphasize the theme of artificiality and distance from the natural world. Instead of offering a true escape, the installation creates an environment overwhelmed by digital influences that reveals the growing gap between physical experience and virtual life. It questions the emotional limits of machine-generated content and shows how online culture fragments our sensory awareness. It is both a critical reflection and an invitation to pause and reconsider our connection to the world beyond screens.

go_touch_some_grass / Abitha Jayamohan - Photo: Abitha Jayamohan
Exhibit
go_touch_some_grass
Abitha Jayamohan (DE)
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