Everything And Nothing
An interactive Instagram linked balloon which inflates every time a post is liked until the inevitable outcome occurs...
An interactive Instagram linked balloon which inflates every time a post is liked until the inevitable outcome occurs...
An interactive Instagram linked balloon which inflates every time a post is liked until the inevitable outcome occurs...
Client
James Burke
Commissioned by
James Burke
Location
London, UK
Year
2019
We were again commissioned by James Burke to create his next interactive piece, exploring the perils of social media. The viewer is presented with a partially inflated foil balloon, and asked to like an instagram post on James' account. When the post is liked, a small puff of air from a compressor in the base of the plinth is blown into the balloon, inflating it until it inevitably bursts. Once the balloon bursts, it is left in place for the rest
We designed and built the pneumatic system, along with the backend server and instagram integration which is hosted on a remote system.
The piece has been shown many times since 2019, with a lot of balloons bursting along the way.
Photo Credit: James Burke
We were again commissioned by James Burke to create his next interactive piece, exploring the perils of social media. The viewer is presented with a partially inflated foil balloon, and asked to like an instagram post on James' account. When the post is liked, a small puff of air from a compressor in the base of the plinth is blown into the balloon, inflating it until it inevitably bursts. Once the balloon bursts, it is left in place for the rest
We designed and built the pneumatic system, along with the backend server and instagram integration which is hosted on a remote system.
The piece has been shown many times since 2019, with a lot of balloons bursting along the way.
Photo Credit: James Burke
We were again commissioned by James Burke to create his next interactive piece, exploring the perils of social media. The viewer is presented with a partially inflated foil balloon, and asked to like an instagram post on James' account. When the post is liked, a small puff of air from a compressor in the base of the plinth is blown into the balloon, inflating it until it inevitably bursts. Once the balloon bursts, it is left in place for the rest
We designed and built the pneumatic system, along with the backend server and instagram integration which is hosted on a remote system.
The piece has been shown many times since 2019, with a lot of balloons bursting along the way.
Photo Credit: James Burke
