‘The New Inflatable Moment’ at BSA Space will explore the role of pneumatic architecture in envisioning utopia – Archinect

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Image: Desert Cloud 1972. Credit: Graham Stevens.

Pneumatic architectureaka inflatableshave been a mainstay of avant-garde and experimental architecture for decades. Back in the 60s, figures like Buckminster Fuller and Frei Otto, alongside radical practices like Haus-Rucker-Co, Utopia and Ant Farm, pioneered the use of these structures. Theyve also been used by more mainstream studios, from Diller Scofidio + Renfro to Grimshaw.

Now, theyre the subject of an exhibition at BSA Space in Boston. Entitled The New Inflatable Moment, the exhibition, which opens on May 3, will explore inflatable structures used in architecture, art, and engineering since the emergence of the hot air balloon, with a particular focus on their role in envisioning utopia.

The exhibition is inspired by a recently-released book, The Inflatable Moment: Pneumatics and Protest in 68. It looks at renewed interest in the architectural media within this historical context.

With this exhibition, we revisit the moment of the 1960s explored by Dessauce to suggest that utopian thought is re-emerging today in architecture and art as evidenced in projects involving inflatables, say Mary Hale and Katarzyna Balug, the curators.

The exhibit will run through to September 3, 2017. Admission is free. More info here.

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'The New Inflatable Moment' at BSA Space will explore the role of pneumatic architecture in envisioning utopia - Archinect