This immersive walkthrough dreamscape is a continuous loop, consisting of 4 half hitches of hot pink tube. Made at Airena for Cyril Lancelin the installation, the “Knot” was internally lit and became radiant giant neon by night.
Knot at night.
This wonderful walk through installation was designed by Cyril Lancelin ( France ) for the RCC, part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Airena realised this interactive space with the added bonus, it lit up internally at night.
Fabricated at Airena incorporating a digital print finish. The digital print gave a perfect even coverage, that allowed the internal LED to make it glow like giant neon.
Designed by Cyril Lancelin fabricated at Airena.
Test inflate in the Seaworks main hall, home of Airena.
Designed and Fabricated for Lisa Roet to celebrate the Jane Goodall’s 86th birthday. The 9m tall sculpture appeared for 3 weeks on the Arts Centre, heralding the end of the Covid lockdown also raising awareness to habitat loss and plight of chimpanzees being brought close to extinction.
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Designed and Fabricated for Lisa Roet to celebrate the Jane Goodall’s 86th birthday. This 9m tall sculpture appeared for 3 weeks on the Arts Centre, heralding the end of the Covid lockdown, also raising awareness to habitat loss and plight of chimpanzees being brought close to extinction.
Designed and Fabricated by Airena for Lisa Roet. The metallic fabric was appliquéd to give the impression of fur and appearance of a casting process.
Giant Lady Gouldian Finch perched on the Brisbane Powerhouse for Brisbane Festival 2020.
Airena designed and fabricated these Giant Lady Gouldian Finches made for acclaimed Dutch Artist, Florentijn Hofman. Realised for the Brisbane Festival 2020, the installation consisted of 6 mega feathered creatures popping up all over the city.
Made for Studio Walala and the Hong Kong Design Week 2020. This enormous installation transformed over the period of the day, becoming illuminated and magical at night.
Walala Mansion at night.
Lotuses light the way at Strawberry Fields Festival 2019.
Baboe the 10 metre tall gorilla sits on top of the Apeldoorn Council building, in the Netherlands. This King Kong like apparition, made for Lisa Roet, has be perched above the city for 8 months.
This giant inflatable Corroboree Frog has been designed for the Melbourne Zoo, to help promote the endangered wildlife breeding program they conduct. It's such important work they carry out, to ensure the frogs survival.
Through the Astronauts visor, you can witness the earth in all of its wonder and beauty. Live footage from the International Space Station. which reminds us of how unique we are in the universe. Or are we?
Through the Astronauts visor, you can witness the earth in all of its wonder and beauty. Live footage from the International Space Station. which reminds us of how unique we are in the universe. Or are we?
Blossoming at the festivals cultural hub. This giant Lotus Blossom glowed like a beacon, attracting the public in to witness all the performance delights.
Calling out over the rooftops of Beijing, with a 19m arm span, perched on the Opposite House. designed and made for Lisa Roet and the Beijing Design Week.
Love Letters to the heart of Victoria, is an installation that celebrates the eclectic creative scene in rural Victoria. This inflatable icon was designed with the artwork of Racheal Kerr incorporated into the wings detail.
Life sized and full of emotion, this Frankenstein Puppet was designed for the Cranbrook School in Sydney. This powerful production, which incorporated physical theatre with puppetry gave an immersive theatrical experience.
Dir.- Edward Boyle Puppet Design- Felipe Reynolds
These puppet monsters are part of a musical drama production, playing at a purpose built theatre in the Jakarta Aquarium.
These colossal heads stand 18m tall and 40m wide, bringing the NRL, State of Origin logo to gigantic life. Part of the Pre-game entertainment with Birds of Tokyo and Grinspoon permforming.
Animated inflatable puppet, made for Anita Tsoy 10/20 Tour. Currently touring throughout Europe,Asia and America.
Made for renowned artist Lisa Roet, this 14.5m Golden Monkey scaled Opposit House in Beijing for 1 month during Beijing Design Week.
14.5 m Golden Monkey scaling Opposite House in Beijing. Made for renowned artist Lisa Roet for Beijing Design Week.
Made for renowned artist Lisa Roet, this 14.5m Golden Monkey scaled Opposit House in Beijing for 1 month during Beijing Design Week.
This 11.5m Baby was suspended from the ceiling, turning the world on it's head. Giant rattle balls filled with colourful ping pong balls engaged with the audience below, to the Baby's amusment.
11.5 m tall inflatable baby., turning the Fed Sq Atrium space into a giant crib.
This 6m tall Cat robot stepped out to a 500 strong chorus singing Daft Punks- Around the World.
These 6m tall heads made an impressive entrance for the players as they ran out onto the field.
Working with Lisa Roet to create this 10m tall Golden Snubnose Monkey ascending the facade of the Melbourne Town Hall.
Painting the monkey.
Set in front of the High Court of Australia, Canberra. This walk through unicorn skull is a place where you can make a wish and dream the impossible dream.
Commission for the Murray Art Museum Albury. She sits in the happy Buddha pose, welcoming all to the new gallery.
Foyer activation throughout the MRC. Engaging the audience with interactive, sound activated inflatable installations. The wolf's limbs disappeared then reappeared through wormholes, each with a blow up surprise at it's end.
Giant inflatable Lotus garden floating on the Yarra River for White Night Festival.
Inflatable Lotus Garden on the Yarra River for White Night Festival, Melbourne.
Lotuses on the Yarra river at dawn.
Lady Leviathan has ascended out of the murky Yarra River to watch over Melbourne from it vantage point at the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall.
Commissioned to activate the Arts Precinct in Melbourne. Aim - to view the arts organisations with a sense of fun and play.
Commissioned for Summersalt Festival 2015, to sit atop the Melbourne Theatre Co.
Perched atop of the MTC, Puck invites us into the Arts Precinct. These large scale inflatables double up as as lantern at night, shinning as a beacon.
Inflatable Art Installation for Summersalt Festival 2015.
Inflatable Art Installation for Summersalt Festival Melbourne.
Creature wannabe, Shine wears a skeleton onsie and looks up to the Arts Precinct where the Creature Feature infestation that has taken home on the landmark buildings throughout the area. She sits above a shipping container hanging out in the Street party vibe.
Shine's skeleton onesie.
Airena was commissioned to reimagine Tick Tock for the European Tour of Peter Pan- The Never Ending Story. It packs down into a small touring bag and can be animated by 3 puppeteers. He has naturalistic movement and can even traverse stairs. He is also able to eat things!
Commissioned for Cirque Du Soleil to promote their Australian Tour. This inflatable Puppet can be internally lit and has a built in sound system for roving activations.
Designed an abandon theatre for their new show about consumerism. This crumpled once majestic space was a metaphor for the neglect to our environment in the quest of consumeristic goals. Being an inflatable set it served the touring aspect of the show extremely well as it could be packed down into a very small touring case. Just plug in and taa-dah!
This Monkey is quite happy to hang out in the urban jungle of Hong Kong. Designed and Fabricated for Lisa Roet, this Golden Monkey shines awareness on their habitat extinction and their plight for survival.
