There are nearly one million balls in this ball pit. We want to go to there.
Forget the beach. The National Building Museum, in Washington DC, is the place to be this summer. This past weekend, the museum debuted the best kind of art ever: ball pit art! A 10,000 square foot area in the building has been filled with an estimated 750,000 translucent plastic balls to create an experience like being in the water.
Snarkitecture, an experimental studio based out of Brooklyn, are the geniuses behind this vision, which is aptly titled “The Beach.” Founded by Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham, their work is all about, “the viewer’s experience and memory, creating moments of wonder and interaction that allow people to engage directly with their surrounding environment,” according to their website.
As for “The Beach,” Snarkitecture takes “cues from the familiar experience of a summer day at the beach,” and “abstracted both the natural and cultural elements of the beach to create a reduced, monochromatic environment inside the museum’s Great Hall.”
For visitors, the experience being created is pretty straight forward and totally awesome. Museum-goers can wade out into the mass of balls, grab some grub from the snack bar, or hang out in chairs near the edge of the pit. Just like being at the actual beach, but without the hassle of sand or leaving the actual city. Sign. Me. Up.
Of course, every beach has it’s rules, and Curbed shared them with us.
The BEACH is open through September 7 at the National Building Museum, and you an also check it out via live stream.
Want to see what it looks like in action? Don’t worry, a couple of people have filmed the experience, and watching it is almost as good is being there. Almost.
(Images via YouTube, National Building Museum, Curbed)
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