Twenty-thousand. That’s the number of helium-filled balloons that it took to lift an artist off the ground on Sunday during a gravity-defying art installation reminiscent of the beloved Pixar movie, “Up.”
For nine hours, the colorful array of party balloons suspended artist Noëmi Lakmaier before spectators inside of Australia’s Sydney Opera House.
Austrian British artist Noëmi Lakmaier is seen suspended by 20,000 helium-filled balloons inside of the Sydney Opera House on Sunday. (Photo: Cameron Spencer via Getty Images)
“Being frightened of what we want seems to push and pull, and leave us in a constant Catch-22, which sounds so uncomfortable, but in so many ways resonates with the fight between my body and the balloons,” she continued.
According to Lakmaier’s website, her artwork’s theme aims at emphasizing and exaggerating “the relationship between object, individual and space.”
The live installation was called Cherophobia, which is the fear of happiness. (Photo: Don Arnold via Getty Images)
“Through the use of everyday materials as well as her own body and the bodies of others, she constructs temporary living installations ― alternative physical realities ― exploring the psychological implications of power, control and insecurity, the drive to belong and succeed as well as feelings of self-doubt and otherness,” her artist statement reads.
The artist’s concept originated from her experience as someone who has a physical disability, according to her website.
Matilda Jones, from Norton, Doncaster, with the sword. A schoolgirl could become a thing of legend after pulling an historic sword from the same Cornish lake where King Arthur's Excalibur was famously thrown. See ROSS PARRY story RPYSWORD. Little Matilda Jones. Aged seven, came home with the perfect holiday souvenir after stumbling across the sword which is the same height as her. She found the 4ft long metal blade while paddling in waist deep waters at Dozmary Pool on August 29. Proud dad Paul Jones, 51, had only told Matilda and her sister Lois, four, about the legend of King Arthur moments before the discovery during a six-day holiday in Cornwall. The 51-year-old, from Doncaster, south Yorks., predicts that the sword is probably around 30 years old and was used as an old film prop.
Paul and Matilda Jones, of Norton, Doncaster with the sword. A schoolgirl could become a thing of legend after pulling an historic sword from the same Cornish lake where King Arthur's Excalibur was famously thrown. See ROSS PARRY story RPYSWORD. Little Matilda Jones. Aged seven, came home with the perfect holiday souvenir after stumbling across the sword which is the same height as her. She found the 4ft long metal blade while paddling in waist deep waters at Dozmary Pool on August 29. Proud dad Paul Jones, 51, had only told Matilda and her sister Lois, four, about the legend of King Arthur moments before the discovery during a six-day holiday in Cornwall. The 51-year-old, from Doncaster, south Yorks., predicts that the sword is probably around 30 years old and was used as an old film prop.
Matilda Jones, from Norton, Doncaster, with the sword. A schoolgirl could become a thing of legend after pulling an historic sword from the same Cornish lake where King Arthur's Excalibur was famously thrown. See ROSS PARRY story RPYSWORD. Little Matilda Jones. Aged seven, came home with the perfect holiday souvenir after stumbling across the sword which is the same height as her. She found the 4ft long metal blade while paddling in waist deep waters at Dozmary Pool on August 29. Proud dad Paul Jones, 51, had only told Matilda and her sister Lois, four, about the legend of King Arthur moments before the discovery during a six-day holiday in Cornwall. The 51-year-old, from Doncaster, south Yorks., predicts that the sword is probably around 30 years old and was used as an old film prop.
The sword discovered by Matilda Jones, from Norton, Doncaster. A schoolgirl could become a thing of legend after pulling an historic sword from the same Cornish lake where King Arthur's Excalibur was famously thrown. See ROSS PARRY story RPYSWORD. Little Matilda Jones. Aged seven, came home with the perfect holiday souvenir after stumbling across the sword which is the same height as her. She found the 4ft long metal blade while paddling in waist deep waters at Dozmary Pool on August 29. Proud dad Paul Jones, 51, had only told Matilda and her sister Lois, four, about the legend of King Arthur moments before the discovery during a six-day holiday in Cornwall. The 51-year-old, from Doncaster, south Yorks., predicts that the sword is probably around 30 years old and was used as an old film prop.
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