Bed by Dominic Wilcox

Don't. Budge. That's the first thing we thought when we saw Bed by Dominic Wilcox. The project is a mattress that's been shaped perfectly for a side sleeper but leaves absolutely no room to toss, turn, or do anything else...

Just looking at the bed makes us feel claustrophobic and tense. But perhaps that's where this art succeeds: in its power to make us feel this so strongly when simply looking at a photo of the work. For more work by Wilcox, click here.

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Yikes. That's like Russian roulette of the sleep world.

posted by anabelle on January 20th 2009 at 5:34pm
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Hasn't this same post been on here, like 3 times in the past year? Creeps me out every time.

posted by kitties! on January 20th 2009 at 5:37pm
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Repost

posted by bepsf on January 20th 2009 at 5:39pm
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I personnally don't believe the mattress is made to show limited space, as much as it simply represents the sleeper, as in the user becomes the object....

posted by Daniel Poitiers on January 20th 2009 at 5:54pm
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IT'S MADE OUT OF PEOPLE.

:P

posted by tenderleaf on January 20th 2009 at 5:58pm
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His work is really strange

posted by labchick on January 20th 2009 at 6:09pm
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What a terrible waste of materials. I hope they recycled that stuff into something useful.

posted by lise1914 on January 20th 2009 at 6:27pm
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Well, that's pretty damn hideous.

posted by modtramp on January 20th 2009 at 7:40pm
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i think it's just kinda silly.....

posted by brooke(nc) on January 20th 2009 at 7:49pm
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Ridiculous.

posted by mamaspank on January 20th 2009 at 9:51pm
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Perfect for a guest room... ~:o)

posted by quiltmaster on January 20th 2009 at 10:54pm
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i kind of get it as art; as a bed: ridiculous

posted by formosagirl on January 20th 2009 at 11:15pm
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art is supposed to be ridiculous. that's what makes it art!

posted by charlenemcbride on January 21st 2009 at 12:49am
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ah! I sleep exactly in that position, so I felt a sort of identification.
I prefer having other space around me though!

posted by lauretta on January 21st 2009 at 8:34am
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1. Ditto on the hideous
2. That's art?
3. Not possible to sleep comfortably in it. Useless.
4. Not cute, really!
5. The maker of this bed perhaps should consider a career in plumbing!

posted by click212 on January 21st 2009 at 11:26am
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This is ridiculous. Art? Whatever!

posted by jooly on January 21st 2009 at 4:08pm
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These materials don't need to be reused. They are already serving a purpose as art. Who would look at a work by Picasso and say "what a waste of canvas they should recycle that"?

The work certainly seems to be provoking discussion. Isn't that worth something?

posted by StudioStarter on January 22nd 2009 at 1:21pm
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