The Balloon Museum just touched down in Miami for a limited time.
It ’s Friday night , and Club Ball Pit is go off . It expect like any otherMiami club , with a crowd of well - curry , beautiful people dancing in front of a DJ with cocktail in manus . Except or else of a dancing floor , they ’re dance in a sea of grim charge plate balls , with black balloon suspended overhead .
Club Ball Pit is n’t an factual club , of course , but rather an artistry installation titledHyperstellarmeant to pretend as a microcosm for the endlessness of the creation . And you ’ll find it at the throttle - runBalloon Museumat the Mana Wynwood Convention Center , which open this past weekend .
These Clarence Day , anything call a “ pop out - up museum ” garner a titanic centre roll from anyone who does n’t own a selfie peg . But The Balloon Museum is far more than an Instagram Institution . It ’s a traveling showcase of inflatable art , an avant - garde version of the Macy ’s Thanksgiving Day parade fuse with engineering science and immersive space .
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The Balloon Museum is new to Miami , but it ’s been popping up in Rome , Milan , New York , Atlanta , Barcelona , and other international hotspots since 2020 . fan ofEmily in Parismay recognise it from a season three cameo , and it ’s gracing the Magic City with its inflatable fun all summer .
The museum includes works from 20 different artists , all large than aliveness and filled with air . The escapade set about withOctopus Attacks!,an inflatable Kraken tentacle that appear to be a sea creature taking over the museum . You ’ll also take the air through a moving , inflatable maze calledAerotron , where classical music accompany your trip through moving walls and blowing fans .
A timeline wall painting tells the story of the history of inflatable art , which dates back to the 1960s and Andy Warhol . Nearby , a futurist workstation filled with VR glasses takes you on a misstep through far - off inflatable land inAirscape .
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Perpetual Balletis perhaps the most delightfully disorientate of the works , a sea of balloons mean to mimic a tornado . ashen balloon sit harmlessly on the floor as a soft breeze begin to boast . The balloons total to life , and it ’s fun at first . Then as the euphony swells and the winds become fierce , they completely surround you create simultaneous feelings of helplessness and spillage .
There are , of form , the requisite selfie stations , where you may model with a number of inflatable artwork . Plus , there ’s a full prevention , because it would n’t be an outcome in Miami without a vodka soda in script .
The Balloon Museum takes over the Mana Wynwood Convention Center from June 22 to October 6 . It ’s open until 8 pm every night , with 1 postmortem examination openings during the hebdomad and earlier on weekends . Admission is $ 39 for adult and $ 29 for children , and Florida residents , pupil , and military get a $ 3 bank discount .
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