No, this isn’t a computer-rendered scene from an upcoming science fiction film, but rather a real inflatable jungle gym of sorts created by Croatian-Austrian collective Numen/For Use. Called the “String Prototype”, this inflatable structure boasts a network of cables that can be explored similar to a jungle gym. When the volume deflates, the ropes get loose and lay on the ground enabling compression of the installation. When the object inflates, the ropes tense to a perfect line again, strained enough to carry the weight of a human being. Bodies entrapped in 3D grid, flying in unnatural positions throughout superficial white space, resemble Dadaist collages. Impossibility of perception of scale and direction results in simultaneous feeling of immenseness and absence of space. Click here to view the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of Super Mario Cat.
