Why We ♥ Art: Reasons 136 & 137
136: Art can take an ordinary object and escalate it to inspirational. 137: Art speaks to children and to our inner child. Here are two experiential projects that exemplify both, using a universal favorite – balloons!
Martin Creed invited Chicagoans last fall to immerse themselves in rooms filled with balloons:
http://www2.mcachicago.org/2012/1351/
Christo and Jeanne-Claude built a monumental balloon that can be entered and experience from the inside:
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/projects/big-air-package