Floating Utopias

A playful, poetic exhibition that explores the social history of inflatable objects, showing how, over the decades, they have been used in art, architecture and activism. For the curious, for the humanist, for the scientist ... as described by the Museum, below. Since the first hot-air balloon ascended into the skies in the 18th century, inflatable objects have inspired the public's imagination, generating utopian dreams of castles in the sky, floating laboratories and cloud cities. Floating Utopias reveals the impact…