Year: 2012
Media: latex balloons, rope, helium, argon
Exhibited: ‘Similar Required’, Moxie, Dublin, 2012
Contained within the balloons are the different Nobel gases Argon and Helium. They are inert, stable and unreactive. The tendency of balloons to float or sink is dependent on the density of the gas inside the balloon – if it is denser, the balloon will sink and conversely.