2009
- 1127 Trancoso, Brazil
- 1025 Ardeche, France
- 1005 Stuttgartt, Germany
- 0925 Horizons, NYC
- 0901 Awesome Armada
- 0901 Droplet
- 0901 Bracelet
- 0901 Cuddlefish
- 0612 Drop Figment, NYC
- 0419 Buenos Aires Blow

- 0329 Hovercraft Brazil
- 0321 Voyager1 NYC
- 0316 SxSW Austin, TX
- 0306 EyeBeam NYC

- 0228 Bracelet 2.0, NJ
- 0228 Drop RRC, NJ
- 0227 Bracelet NY City Hall
- 0218 San Miguel Bulb, MX
2008

- 1101 Reentry SF
- 1025 NYC Decom
- 1004 LA Decom
- 0919 Horizon NYC

- 0822 Drop BM
- 0819 Google Palo Alto
- 0711 Compressor NY
- 0627 Figment NY
- 0523 Rip Ions NY

- 0517 SG HCB

- 0517 Bracelet 2.0, CT
- 0502 SB New Museum
- 0329 SB Evolver
- 0314 Bracelet GlamTech
- 0204 Starfish Stamford
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Texts & Drawings

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Note: Dimensions are approximate.

 AKAirways is an art group based in New York City. Our focus is sculpture/installation. The inflatable objects and environments that we create are the central components of our installations.




Our work has been presented in a variety of contexts, from the Museum of Modern Art to underground raves, from NASA to the Whitney Biennale. We are interested in kinesis, collaboration, DIY, modularity and open-source.




Kinetic
Our installations transform spaces and each create a dynamic focal point of energy. They are transient and ephemeral, dependent on interaction and engage the environment in which they are deployed. Dynamic works, constantly changing and evolving.



Collaboration
Works are installed with the intent of interacting with or complementing other works and spaces; be good neighbors. AKAirways aims to inspire and unlock the potential of the audience by turning its members into collaborators, to promote the creative process in which there is always an ongoing experiment. Playing, learning, sharing, and collaborating.
Visit The Bubble: a Forum for Inflatable Art and Architecture.




DIY
Simple gestures, accessible techniques and elegant hacks are the ingredients of AKAirways' swiftly deployable installations. You can contact AKAirways to rent or own an inflatable installation but we hope to inspire you, through the documentation of our projects, to give it a shot and do it yourself.



Modular
Inflatables can be installed anywhere and configured to any space. Nomadic: works travel to and are influenced by disparate environments. Mobility: AKAirways is not limited by geography, audience, collaborators or installation sites.




Open-source
There is no one correct way for any piece to be displayed. AKAirways challenges fixed concepts of visual expression, workflow and development processes. We dream of a multiverse in which ideas are explored, shared openly and constantly refined.

Welcome to AKAirways!



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Related (non-AKA) projects:
- Tomas Saraceno
- How To Live Together (T. Saraceno)
- Florentijn Hofman
- Tim Prentice
- Sea Anemone (Pali-X-Mano)
- Überorgan (Tim Hawkinson)
- Luft & Laune GmbH (Urs Meier)
- Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (NASA)
- Lumination
- Interactive Architecture
- Space art
- Dreamspace QTVR (Maurice Agis)
- Hans Walter Muller
- Gilles Ebersolt
- Babot
- Willie Cole's Irons
- Fan Shirt
- Cloud (Monica Forster)
- Max Streicher
- Inflatable Systems
- Inflatoscape (Jessica Irish)
- Cloud Prototype No. 1 (I–igo Manglano-Ovalle)
- Free-floating (Ivo Keers)
- Bini Systems
- Pneumatrix (Judit Kimpian)
- Ana Rewakowicz
- Aeolian Ride (Jessica Findley)
- Suited for Subversion (Ralph Borland)
- Tumbleweed Rover (Nasa)
- Inflatable Heliostat
- Elevator Disco
- Analogia
- Burble
- BMW Air Camper



Related products:
- Inflatable shelters [1] [2]
- Concrete Canvas (Crawford, Brewin)
- Tensys Dynamics
- Light Balloons
- Air tubes
- ICOSA Pods
- Ecomembrane
- Inflatable antenna
- Inflatable Concentrator
- Inflatable space hotel
- Air King
- 21st Century Airships
- ETFE pillows (Eden Project)
- Poly Ned
- Zorbing

Press:
- we're especially loving AK Airways' 22'-by-22' inflatable bracelet sparkling with LEDs The Newark Museum celebrates its 100th birthday with a 100-hour party. Head west, young man by Grace Smith. Time Out New York/Issue 707. Apr. 16/22, 2009
- Works From New Talent Seeking a Boldface Name by Benjamin Genocchio. New York Times. Mar. 8, 2009
- Arts festival awakens sleepy Governors Island by Amy Zimmer. Metro. Jun. 9, 2007
- the strangest sight on Sunday may be the giant inflatable starfish tethered to a tree. Ferrying Creative Impulses Across New York Harbor by Melena Ryzik. New York Times. Jun. 6, 2007 (pdf)
- Was this a mudless terrain of prehistorical sludge or an outer-space settlement? Slithering Through a Shadowy, Unknown World by Jennifer Dunning. New York Times. Oct. 5, 2006
- Blow Up. Club System International. May 2005
- Anakin Koenig interview by Daijetmiu. Not A Rag. June 2004

References:
- All you need to know about fans on Electronics Cooling

Acknowledgement


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