This Body Overwhelms

 
Inflatable light and sculpture installation.  Nicole Banowetz This Body Overwhelms.
 
 
Inflatable light interactive installation This Body Overwhelms
 
 

Opening Night of This Body Overwhelms at Understudy. Video by Justin Larwick

 

The viewer is invited to Activate The Valve and overwhelm the space.

 
Activate the valve interactive inflatable sculptures
 
Activate the valve interactive inflatable sculptures
 
Activate the valve interactive inflatable sculptures
 
Inflatable light interactive sculpture installation This Body Overwhelms
Inflatable light interactive sculpture installation This Body Overwhelms
 
Inflatable interactive light installation This Body Overwhelms
Inflatable interactive light installation This Body Overwhelms

This Body Overwhelms explores the nature of possessing a physical body while living through a pandemic. We find our bodies fragile in ways we may not have expected, but still surprisingly adaptable.  The physicality of our own bodies and the bodies of ones we love becomes central to all acts.  

 
Inflatable art installation
 
Inflatable art installation
 
Inflatable art installation
Inflatable art installation
Inflatable art installation
Inflatable art installation
 

The sculptures translucent skin feels fragile and alive, exposing the colorful innards that spill out onto the floor.

 
Inflatable art installation
 

This Body Overwhelms was shown at Understudy Denver in 2022.