If you've wanted to smash your alarm clock in the morning or trash your keyboard at work, you're not alone — and now you have a chance to do it.
A live art installation in North Melbourne called Worktable allows the public to choose an object to smash.
But then you have to put another item back together.
The Arts House is hosting the experience and has hundreds of objects for participants to break with any tool they like.
New Zealand-born, Brussels-based artist Kate McIntosh has taken the live art experience around the world.
"Some people are really excited to smash stuff up. It's very physical — it's a big release," Ms McIntosh said.
"Other people are really methodical, careful and very curious [about] how things work inside and are really interested in the textures and the mechanics."
Ms McIntosh said the work was inspired by her experiences during the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
"[Watching] how a city can really come apart very fast and really be atomised in that way was very shocking," she said.
"And then there's this whole process afterwards of what to do next … how do you rebuild? What do you do with all the broken pieces?"
Typewriters, bricks, money, ceramics, sneakers, sports equipment, soft toys and taxidermy animals are among the objects ready to be pulled apart.
After that participants are asked to put together someone else's smashed item.
Worktable opens on March 14 and runs until March 24.
