53 Bouncy Castles

This inflatable bouncy castle church can allow you to be officially married in a church in any location while bouncing.

 

 

3 British men attempt to sail a bouncy castle across Lake Garda in Italy

 

 

 

 

huge matte blue adult bouncy castle in big fruits form like a big puffer with seams, on a lunar landscape, style by anish kapoor, parts by shih chieh huang, warm soft light, shallow depth of field realistic, 8 k, hyperrealism, subsurface scattering, raytracing

 

 

This is the terrifying moment a kids’ bouncy slide rips off its tethers and blows into a busy road – dragging the children with it.

 

 

‘World’s Largest Inflatable Sliding Super Yacht Bouncy Castle is 41 feet long, weighs 1,850 kg and requires 45 days to build.’

 

 

 

 

‘Outside Pentalum looks like a giant plastic bouncy castle with coloured turrets and stripes. Inside there’s the strange artificial winds moving about the modules, and patches of coloured light beckoning in the distant gloom of tunnels that branch out in all directions. Little bubble alcoves pop out of the tunnel sides offering personal spaces where you’ll find various entrants sitting, lying, sprawling, and of course jumping, absorbing their surroundings. Despite the barrage of noise and riot of colour, one feels strangely serene amongst it all when not on the move. Not so the children gleefully bouncing off the tunnel sides as they race to explore the next big bright space. I don’t know that I’d describe it as a sculpture experience.’

 

 

 

 

‘In INVASION, our engineers managed to achieve a unique shaky experience for the passengers of the Space Module. INVASION’S giant slide is an invitation to reach the mother ship and later descend among the aliens to pilot the Space Module.’

 

 

 

 

‘The visitor’s unavoidable inclusion in the idiosyncratic kinetics of Dana Caspersen and William Forsythe’s White Bouncy Castle creates a choreographic space where there are no spectators, only participants. The choreography that appears, led by Joel Ryan’s encompassing soundtrack, is the result of complete physical destabilisation and the resulting social absurdity. The inadvertant euphoria that results from the situation is infectious and, in some cases, addictive.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘The Committee’ refers to a group of 8-12 year-olds who artist Pilvi Takala asked in 2014 what they thought best to do with a £7,000 art grant she received for the Emdash Award. The resultant decision was a bouncy castle named the ‘Five Star Bouncy House’ created by the group.

 

 

 

 

‘A bouncy castle made in the shape of giant breasts is among the attractions at a new exhibition at the Museum of Sex in New York. The exhibits are the brainchild of sensory artists Bompas & Parr, collaborating with Professor Vanessa Toulmin from the National Fairground Archive in the UK.’

 

 

 

 

‘It adds up to a 1,200-square-metre construction which makes visitors lose their spatial coordinates and leaves them scrambling between the floor and the ceiling, known as ‘earth’ and ‘sky’. This installation, called ‘On Space Time Foam’ is the brainchild of Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno. The 39-year-old’s work transforms and changes shape when people move around in it – like it’s a living organism. On Space Time Foam, which required months of engineering and static testing, is the accomplishment of a utopian dream for Saraceno, that of flight and lightness moving beyond the limitations of physics by experimenting with new materials and techniques. The work was created thanks to the collaboration of a team of engineers and Lindstrand Technologies, a leading company in the research and production of aerostatic materials and products, hot-air balloons and space vehicles.’

 

 

 

 

The world’s largest inflatable obstacle course is making its way to Singapore from December 7-9.

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘As part of the London 2012 Festival celebrations, Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller has created Sacrilege, a life-sized inflatable replica of Stonehenge which has popped up unexpectedly in locations throughout the country. Deller has described the work as “a way to get reacquainted with ancient Britain with your shoes off” and access to the bouncy castle will be free and open to people of all ages.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Divya Mehra Afterlife of Colonialism, a reimagining of Power: It’s possible that the Sun has set on your Empire OR Why your voice does not matter: Portrait of an Imbalanced, and yet contemporary diasporic India vis-à-vis Colonial Red, Curry Sauce Yellow, and Paradise Green, placed neatly beneath these revived medieval forms: The Challenges of entering a predominately White space (Can you get this in the gift shop?) where all Women and Magical Elephants may know this work, here in your Winnipeg, among all my Peers, desiring to be both seen and see the loot through this Jungle Vine camouflage, 2020
inflatable Taj Mahal, acrylic deep base paint

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

immersive chrome bouncy castle in the shape of the whole city of london made out of chrome inflatable rubber.

 

 

 

 

In Bouncy Highrise, inflatable castles were stacked into a dilapidated, if colourful, ultimately useless residence. In all of these, failure is possible, maybe even likely, but artist Jon Sasaki is completely engaged in the performance, installation, or task. He projects sincerity and good humour, even as he and the viewer often learn once again that these ideas are a lot easier to conceive than to realize.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The World’s Largest Bouncy Castle

 

 

‘Brook Andrew’s Jumping Castle War Memorial presents a puzzle: as a full-size inflatable ‘bouncy’ castle it offers fun and laughs and an immersive experience, but as a self-titled war memorial it suggests solemnity and reflection. A monumental black figure stands proud atop the Wiradjuri patterns, while skulls dangle like Halloween toys within the plastic ‘windows’ of the castle turrets. The dizzying ‘mix of pop and Wiradjuri-op’, as Anthony Gardner describes Andrew’s patterns, stamps its identity on this fairground symbol of European wealth and power. Andrew offers a contemporary war memorial for the Indigenous people who died after European settlement. His work may also suggest the ‘bounce’ of debate and the verbal jousting of the ‘history wars’. Questions are posed to the viewer – what would it mean to jump on this heritage, this site of commemoration?’

 

 

‘We are the ONLY inflatable bouncy castle pub hire company that can offer you the FULL PACKAGE! Hire just the bouncy castle pub only or include inflated furniture, lighting, and a fully functioning inflated bar. Every possible option is available for that WOW!’

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bouncy castle in the shape of larger-than-life inflatable sculpture of the artist Simeon Barclay wearing a Donald Duck outfit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘When Inez Crawford was a child, she imagined her local marae and meeting house at Te Kaha on the east coast of the North Island was a castle, the kind of grand and glamorous place usually heard of only in fairytales. In this new artwork, she turns her memory into reality. Collaborating with expert balloon-makers, Crawford has created a wharenui in the style of the bouncy castles often seen at fairs and big birthday parties. Brown on the outside and sugary pink on the inside, this is a sculpture you’re welcome to jump around in.’

 

 

 

 

‘Parisienne architecture firm Atelier Zündel Cristea have proposed a trampoline bridge across the river Seine in Paris. Given that the Seine already has thirty seven bridges across Paris, AZC state that “it appears to us that Paris already has the bridges and passages necessary for the flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic across its waterways. Our intention is to invite its visitors and inhabitants to engage on a newer and more playful path across this same water.” It was submitted as part of an architectural design competition organised by Archtriumph with the brief of simply designing a bridge in Paris (AZC’s entry finished third). Theoretically the bridge would be constructed close to the pont de Bir-Hakeim, an existing bridge that links the fifteenth and sixteenth arrondissements.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Department of the Interior by artist Tom Dale is a bouncy castle made from black leatherette. You can’t access this piece, says Dale, You have to imagine that you’re bouncing on it, which is twitching the nerves between the brain and the fingertips. Dale uses the word “wrong” as if the castle is a moral error: When something is wrong, we are drawn to engage with it. When things are wrong, we want to put them right, he says. We want to put the house in order.’

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** Uday, It amuses me too, but sorry about the lost sleep that made the hat trick possible. Walking copious distances is a recipe for wow, potentially. Um, not much else this week other than the film, I suspect. Someone is interviewing me, but I’m not sure when. Maybe I can sneak some friends time in there. If something else decent pops up, I’ll let you know, scout’s honor. You too, okay? ** Charalampos, Hi back. ‘Nathalie Granger’ is one of her best maybe, I think. Vibes of a positive nature from the few blocks of Paris around the sound studio that I’m actually privy to. ** Kyle Sim, Hello, Kyle! Welcome, great to met you, and thank you for the good words. Wow! I just listened to the track. It’s awesome, really excitingly built, I’m very flattered not to mention a new fan. I’ll get the whole album downloaded and in my brain ASAP. Your stuff is very up my alley. Thank you! That is surprising about Ed White. I guess I assumed Ed only listened to show tunes and 70s disco and maybe a little opera. Ha ha. Anyway, great, it’s very cool to meet you and make your work’s discovery. Come back anytime, obviously. And I’ll keep my ears peeled. Everyone, Missing White Girl aka Kyle Sim makes very cool, adventurous music, and they hooked us up to a track by them called ‘Lick My Backside Dennis Cooper’ that samples a bit of my voice/reading, and I think you might just want to hear it, no? It’s here. ** Dominik, Hi!!! Welcome back! Hope your weekend was fly, as they used to say back in the 90s. And may still do? I may be speaking too soon, but the ghost is not being as difficult as we feared. I think we’ve found a way for him to do his exciting-ish ghost thing without hurting the haunted house’s separate but equal exciting-ish haunt thing. We’re working scene by scene, and we won’t know for sure until we watch the whole haunted house section through today, but it looks promising. Hope so, because we’re running out of time. Luckily, there’s only about fifteen minutes of the film remaining after the haunted house, and that part is quiet and naturalistic sounding, so it shouldn’t be all that tricky. Fingers crossed. Thank you for asking, pal. Cringe is good when it comes to karaoke, I think? I’ve never been drunk enough to jump up there. But, if I were drunk and in a karaoke bar right now, … err … how about ‘Tragedy’ by the BeeGees. I think my voice would be truly horrifying if not permanently damaged if I tried to sing that. Love sparing you from having to hear me sing ‘Tragedy’ by the BeeGees, G. ** Jack Skelley, Jackster: Gerard Depardieu has a huge dick, apropos of absolutely nothing. I’ll happily take the one camera document when it becomes seeable. Tell Siena that Paris needs a FOKA production too, which is true. Thanks for the godspeed, Ricardo. Love, Otto Preminger. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, B. My Play Therapy joy session had to be delayed to this evening due to film/brain swallowing, but I’m excited, and boy, am I gonna need it. ** Steve, I always forget/miss Bandcamp Friday, damn, I’ll check out your scores. As I told Dominik, I think the ghost is coming into proper sonic focus. We were excited by what we devised yesterday, and we’ll see if we were on the money today. Thank you for asking. ** Darby 🤼‍♂️🚬🤼‍♂️, Oh, now that is a nice emoji bunch. I wish I could use it as the name of a blog post, but you can’t use emojis in blog post titles sadly because the link freaks out and doesn’t work. Oh, no, about your thwarted Paris trip, but it’s so saintly of you to have packed the mac ‘n’ cheese. Good, it sounds like the side effects, if there are any, are mere pebbles on the journey. No, ‘Guide’ the title came from my favorite band Guided by Voices whose songs/lyrics are a kind of refrain running through the novel. ‘Guide’ was originally going to be titled ‘Nurse’, but my publisher wouldn’t let me use that. Ultimately, I think it was for the best. ** Right. Do you like bouncy castles? I sure hope so. See you tomorrow.