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  • Waterquake
    In Waterquake long lengths of tubing were dropped into a canal and then slowly inflated with air and smoke. The tubing emerged from the water, filling the canal and then spilling over into the surrounding streets. The spectators pulled and knotted
  • Another type of Airground which resembled a large mattress, its upper and lower surfaces held together by interior ties.
  • A large air-inflated cushion partially filled with air and water, which passers by could play on. The continuously splashing water inside this structure gave the work an idiosyncratic acustic quality.
  • Centipede
    An inflatable centipede whose 100 feet were provided for by the people who carried it through the streets. During the Moomba festival it was also floated on the Yarra river in Melbourne.
  • More&Less
    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
  • Rainbow
    A large rainbow coloured inflatable arch from which a fine spray of water fell, creating real rainbows.
  • Pig
    A helium-inflated pig was specially made for the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album. It was flown over the Battersea Power Station for the photograph, but accidentaly got free and flew many kilometers over London and landed in the countryside -
  • Inflatable tubing burst through a wall of brick-printed plastic that covered the shop window. This tubing was then taken into the street and used to signal the boundaries of controversial urban renewal planning in this area.
  • Teardrop
    A large air-inflated teardrop hung from a crane and proclaimed the theme of the festival as well as the Javaphile performance Tearfall.
  • Slapstick
    Inflatable supertube indicating the height of the controversial planned new town hall.