Inflatables
A anti-architectural structure that was cheap, easy to transport and quick to assemble
Initiator(s)
Ant Farm
Description
The project consisted in a anti-architectural structure that was cheap, easy to transport and quick to assemble. The structures had no fixed form and they promoted a type of architecture outside the expert knowledge field. Inflatables hosted conferences and various events like festivals, university campuses, conferences, lectures, workshops and seminars. To move the structures, they used a customized Chevrolet van, called Media Van, that turned into a mobile studio to share information and images. The van was also indispensable as a power generator to inflate the structures. The artists produced the Inflatocookbook, a manual for making your own structure.
Goals
To promote ideas that have no commercial potential, embracing the latest technologies at the same time as they criticize American culture.
Beneficial outcomes
Conferences and various events were conducted freely because they developed in their architectural inflatables.
Location
United States
Users
Chip Lord and Doug Michels, Hudson Marquez and Curtis Schreier
Maintained by
Ant Farm
Duration
1968 - 1978
Category
Scientific
Pedagogical
Politics
Urban Development
Economy
Environment
Social
