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An installation in two rooms. One was filled with an inflatable structure that was slightly smaller than the room - visitors had to squeeze between it and the walls. In the other room the structure was larger than the room and so covered all its

The original programming language "GRASS" (GRAphics Symbiosis System) was developed by Thomas DeFanti for his Ph.D. dissertation at The Ohio State University in 1974. For further information, see Wayne Carlson, Historical Significance In 1969, the

Three inflatable pavilions, each having a specific function, were specially commissioned for Sonsbeek buiten de perken. Besides the Information Pavilion, an air supported semi-sphere covered with sythetic grass, and the Video Studio, a tensile

Inflatable replica of an exhibited sculpture by Ronald Bladen - this one the visitors could play with.

The Auditorium was the world’s first two-level air-supported structure. With two sets of revolving doors, the ground level could operate at a higher pressure than the upper level. This was necessary to support the weight of people sitting on its

A large cloud-shaped and air-inflated structure was suspended from the roof of the Stedelijk Museum. During the night an image of a daytime sky and clouds was projected onto it, accompanied by clouds of artificial smoke and the amplified sounds of

A monumental sculpture proposed for the Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam and constituted by massive letters forming the words NO THING.

A room was densely and completely filled with confetti that was being vigorously blown about by big fans. At one point a live elephant was brought into the room and the not realized intention (because the elephant had a cold) was to paint his belly

The Waterwalk was a 3-metre-high tetrahedron shaped balloon made from transparent (and sometimes coloured) plastic. A watertight zip allowed people to enter and be sealed inside. When this lightweight structure was inflated with air, one or more

Long lengths of polythene tubing were buried in the sand at a beach in the Camargue in France. This tubing was then slowly inflated so that it gradually rose up and erupted out of the sand.