It is hard to understand internal motives of these girls. Personally, I think they just got “carried away”.
The problem is that the system has allowed it / supported it, by not providing written, physical and personal protection for the artworks displayed.
Organizers’ ignorance is more frightening in the long run than the one expressed by some visitors.

It’s really sad to see people who doesn’t appreciate art do what they want inside an exhibition or a museum. I mean, at least they should have the decency not to obstruct the objects.

Interesting example. Maybe she was really a fan of textures.

Selfies are a social phenomenon, like so many others. They are a part of the construction of our public self.
They are the legitimate tool for promoting ourselves, in the light we choose.
But they cannot be a legitimate excuse for taking the artwork of others in our hands (without the artist’s permit) and use it in which ever way we want.

True, as an answer to one of the previous comments, it is possible that Hapsari’s instruction and lack of instruction for other artworks produced confusion when a visitor asks himself how should he consume the artwork. For sure, Hapsari’s encouragement was all about saying how the artwork can be consumed, and not about how the artwork can be the backdrop for creating our own “artwork”.

I understand the source of your anger, but for me the fact that galleries are giving away their space as photo shooting studio for free, is more disturbing.
Visitors can always be clueless, but galleries take responsibilities for the artworks they exhibit, so should know better how to protect them.

Thank you for your comment!
I don’t think this problem is uniquely Indonesian.
It is happening everywhere in the world, where social status can be strengthened by projecting images of our greater selves online, in the context that flatters us. Everybody does it. I can even admit I do it myself sometimes. It is that fragile borderline when our behavior becomes clueless, we should learn to recognize it and become more aware of ourselves and our actions, and how they effect our surrounding/context.

I agree, maybe this instruction for Hapsari’s work produced more confusion about the other works that did not have such instruction.
On the other hand, Hapsari’s invitation was meant as an instruction on how to consume her artwork – by sitting in the sand and watching the big black ball turning around. The instruction on how to consume the artwork does not make the artwork an instant photo studio for selfie shots. These girls did not sit there for a second to look at the artwork. They sat down to look into their photo camera.