Sep 30
‘Ark Nova,’ The World’s First Inflatable Concert Hall, To Tour Earthquake-Devastated Japan
Posted in: Today's ChiliFrom the outside it resembles a giant, plushy purple jelly bean, while on the inside it looks more like a glowing, colored seashell. Actually, this balloon-like form is the world’s first inflatable concert hall, entitled “Ark Nova.”
Iconic British sculptor Anish Kapoor and Japanese architect Arata Isozaki have teamed up to create one of the more otherworldly structures in recent history — a pneumatic structure made from an elastic shell that can be quickly inflated and dismantled. We agree with Roberta Smith when she said “Anish Kapoor has always been a kind of magician.”
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