Be My Mirror

Overview

In 1966 when Andy Warhol presented his installation “Silver Clouds”, visitors were invited to playfully interact with large helium filled balloons.

In a contemporary take on Warhol’s work, James Charlton’s exhibition invites people to inflate virtual balloons by blowing into specially designed exhalant devices in front of the interactive screen. Balloons appear and inflate in the endless void of the interactive screen, floating gently around until eventually, colliding with each other and bursting.

If Warhol’s balloons were about the artist sense of himself, then Charlton’s balloons speak to the audience’s sense of themselves. Come down and inflate virtual balloons to your hearts content - or until your bubble bursts!