Guy Overfelt's inflatable smoke installation

Transmedia artist Guy Overfelt created this massive inflatable "smoke" installation for the Cantocore Export Guangzhou show in China a couple months ago. It follows the thread of Overfelt's previous Inflatable Trans-AM. From the description of the piece, titled "Untitled" (Up in Smoke):

This time the inflatable Smoke is fabricated in Guangzhou, factory direct. Beyond Paul McCarthy-like reductive shapes coming off the assembly line or the Chinese Olympic team leaving the others’ in the dust, the simple shape raises questions about what these factories are pumping out in Guangzhou.

Guy Overfelt's inflatable smoke (Thanks, Heather Sparks!)

[#1 posted by jmullan , November 18, 2008 11:50 AM]

My first thought was that this was from an in-real-life platformer.

[#2 posted by johnocomedy , November 18, 2008 12:02 PM]

the girl in the foreground must be part of the installation, 'cause she is smokin' too

[#3 posted by Anonymous , November 19, 2008 3:00 AM]

Dutch artist Jos Hachmang has also created something like this; a self-inflating airplane. Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am3UHZ8Z7fs , where you can see it inflate itself using an air blower in the base, after which the artist deflates it and packs it up in an easy to take bag.

Very cool, I think.

[#4 posted by Anonymous , November 20, 2008 7:19 PM]

It's an awesome piece- I don't really see the connection between this piece and Jos Hachmang's work. They are both inflatable pieces, but that's the only thing they have in common.