raumlaborberlin: soap opera

raumlaborberlin: soap opera

the installation consists of hundreds of transparent, latex balloons--some filled with helium, some filled with just air. varying in size and weight, the scene when viewed from far away resemble a luminous mist of bubbles floating between the old bath house and the grove of birch trees. visitors experience the space by immersing themselves among the balloons, which are illuminated from within.

'soap opera' temporary softens the precision and hardness of the architecture on site--the industrial shaft tower, metal trusses, and brick-clad facade--by its material and form. visitors, who are the real actors in this performance, are encouraged to part the installation by taking parts of it along with them, resulting in the installation gradually dissolving as if it were made of foam.

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