Adelaide will play host to Architects of Air’s fantastic inflatable luminariums as part of the fringe festival this year. The UK practice will unveil glowing domes, labyrinthine tunnels and cavernous atriums in Rymill Park as part of the festival in February.
The studio’s latest creation, Amococo, is a 1,000sqm walk-through sculpture based on a floor plan generated by 86 ‘triaxial’ domes.
This three-sided dome, inspired by the modular elements of the Iranian bazaar, creates labyrinthine paths that open out into luminous, spacious domes awash with saturated colour.
Amococo has 71 ‘pods’ – large niches where people can sit and relax out of the way of the visitors making their way around the structure.
Each pod has its own coloured window arched like the windows of gothic architecture. The colours of Amococo are calculated to generate the greatest diversity of subtle hues – using only three colours of plastic.
The structure takes just three hours to erect and it can be inflated within 30 minutes using no more power than is required to operate two domestic electric kettles.
The Adelaide Fringe Festival will launch on 19 February with 705 different shows on during the event.??Adelaide Fringe chair, Judy Potter, said the event’s growth is good for artists and the economy.
“The Adelaide Fringe brings so much life to Adelaide - I’m thrilled to see that it’s even bigger this year and particularly excited that 58 per cent of all shows are Australian premieres,” she said.
“The program includes some fantastic new experiences that are fun, thought provoking and entertaining and some events that will change the way that we look at our city.”
There are 593 Australian shows and 112 international shows on the program.
Performers from countries including Canada, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Russia, Spain, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States will bring shows to Adelaide.
Photos © Philippe Tabouriech; Daniel Muilenburg
