I need to go here

[ttt]

This would also be an amazing place for a DC GTG: 


www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/snarkitecture-the-beach-at-national-building-museum

The National Building Museum, which hosted a BIG Maze in its Great Hall last year, is now the site of an indoor beach. Their newest exhibition is aptly titled The BEACH and features an immersive installation by experimental design firm Snarkitecture. The 10,000-square-foot space is filled with an “ocean” of one million translucent polyethylene balls and a carpeted deck that’s complete with lounge chairs.

Although the installation presents a beach-like setting, it uses creative liberties to interpret the idea of an oceanside environment. The entire piece is clad in white and its 50-foot wide “shoreline” includes neutral-colored umbrellas and seating, while the two shipping containers’ worth of balls engulf swimmers in a ghostly quagmire. The entire piece culminates in an opposite-facing mirrored wall which creates the illusion of a seemingly infinite sea.

Visitors are welcome to “swim” in the ocean or dangle their feet off the pier. The BEACH also encourages people to relax by reading a good book or enjoying a beverage at the pop-up snack bar. If you’re local to Washington, DC, you can beat the heat and experience the installation until September 7, 2015.

[FloFTW]

OMG yes. I would just be there all day.

It reminds me of an installation that was at the Cleveland Museum of Art. They just filled a big glass-box room with purple balloons.

[eponinepontmercy]

I had a traumatic ball pit experience as a child, and this brought back bad memories. Stupid Chuck E. Cheese.

[gpw]

I am not even one of those "oooo!!  GERMS!!!" people, but all I could think about when I looked at this was e-coli.  


@smorriso

[downtoearth]

Jul 7, 2015 10:32:35 GMT -5 mryrcn said:

People probably pee in there.

Ew, it's art we don't want to think about this. Go to the corner for timeout --------------------->

[Deleted]

Someones gonna diarrhea in there. Trust.

[mbcdefg]

[katietornado]

I have a real question. How is this an "art installation?" Like, is every Discovery Zone an art installation?

[gpw]

Jul 7, 2015 11:11:40 GMT -5 @smorriso said:

Jul 7, 2015 10:40:09 GMT -5 gpw said:

I am not even one of those "oooo!!  GERMS!!!" people, but all I could think about when I looked at this was e-coli.  


@smorriso

Yuck. Pair my hypochondria with my dislike of bubbly things and/or small holes and this is what my nightmares are made of.

I so belong in the corner today because this made my dirty girl mind laugh.  I don't even know why.  I think I'm a 10 year old boy. 

[ttt]

YOU PEOPLE RUIN EVERYTHING.

[mrshandy]

I'm going to definitely take DS (maybe DD) some time this summer. Germs be damned. It will be fun.

[twotrue]

My first thought was that these one million plastic balls are going to end up in our real ocean, likely forcing us to have fake beaches like this sooner than we think.

[sushi]

I saw this advertised and wanted to go. But only on opening day.

[karinothing]

Ha, DS and DH are going next week DS was very confused about why the balls weren't other colors though. Everything everywhere is covered in ecoli. I figure we have immune systems for a reason! I live on the edge.

[gpw]

Jul 7, 2015 12:35:14 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

Jul 7, 2015 11:11:40 GMT -5 @smorriso said:

Yuck. Pair my hypochondria with my dislike of bubbly things and/or small holes and this is what my nightmares are made of.

OMG, do you have trypophobia? I have it hardcore. Honestly, if you haven't, don't google it up to read more. It's a fucking nightmare. 

Bunny is wise.  Smo linked me and I almost lost my lunch.  

[IIOY]

Jul 7, 2015 11:57:47 GMT -5 @smorriso said:

Jul 7, 2015 11:13:55 GMT -5 gpw said:

I so belong in the corner today because this made my dirty girl mind laugh.  I don't even know why.  I think I'm a 10 year old boy. 

It's more like clusters of small holes. Yuuuuuuuck

I have this too, to the extreme.

[ttt]

I had no idea the hole phobia was a thing.

[IIOY]

Jul 7, 2015 13:19:06 GMT -5 ttt said:

I had no idea the hole phobia was a thing.

I have been seriously disturbed by them for as long as I can remember.  If I see something that has a pattern of holes, my instinct is to physically destroy that object.

I love that this is a thing because I always thought I was weird as hell for this.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Oh my god. This explains so much for me. I can't even open up a pomegranate without dry heaving because of the pockets of seeds.

[IIOY]

Jul 7, 2015 13:28:03 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

Oh my god. This explains so much for me. I can't even open up a pomegranate without dry heaving because of the pockets of seeds.

OK, see, even this wording is making my skin crawl.  I just...OMG

[jeaniebueller]

Ew. No.

[earlgreyhot]

I came in to share my excitement of the NBM Beach (am taking the kids next week...) but am leaving kinda freaked out about small holes.

Anywho...I'm thinking the balls are clear so they can find lost items and kids easily. The NBM has a great kids room and for while it has a huge indoor sandbox. DS loved it but one day it was just closed off, then gone. I asked around and apparently there was dead vermin and human poop found in it. :::shudder:::

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Jul 7, 2015 13:34:24 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Jul 7, 2015 13:28:03 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

Oh my god. This explains so much for me. I can't even open up a pomegranate without dry heaving because of the pockets of seeds.

OK, see, even this wording is making my skin crawl.  I just...OMG

I'm really sorry! I'm just glad that I'm not actually crazy.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

OMG THIS IS WHY I CANNOT LOOK AT PICTURES OF PEDIATRIC DENTAL X-RAYS! All those teeth up in the head like that.

[Velvetshady]

Jul 7, 2015 13:39:26 GMT -5 earlgreyhot said:

I came in to share my excitement of the NBM Beach (am taking the kids next week...) but am leaving kinda freaked out about small holes.

Anywho...I'm thinking the balls are clear so they can find lost items and kids easily. The NBM has a great kids room and for while it has a huge indoor sandbox. DS loved it but one day it was just closed off, then gone. I asked around and apparently there was dead vermin and human poop found in it. :::shudder:::

Did they not have signs telling meshaliuknits it wasn't a giant litter box just for her?


I know....

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[meshaliuknits]

Jul 7, 2015 13:56:27 GMT -5 Velvetshady said:

Jul 7, 2015 13:39:26 GMT -5 earlgreyhot said:

I came in to share my excitement of the NBM Beach (am taking the kids next week...) but am leaving kinda freaked out about small holes.

Anywho...I'm thinking the balls are clear so they can find lost items and kids easily. The NBM has a great kids room and for while it has a huge indoor sandbox. DS loved it but one day it was just closed off, then gone. I asked around and apparently there was dead vermin and human poop found in it. :::shudder:::

Did they not have signs telling meshaliuknits it wasn't a giant litter box just for her?


I know....

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LOL Nah, man, I'm civilized!

It looks fun, but, man, I've seen things I can't unsee in ball pits & this is just too close.

[sushi]

www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/trypophobia-is-a-real-terrifying-thing-and-you-definitely-ha#.dg56PqLOW

[panicked]

I have SUCH a good pic to share, but if I did, you all would burn me at the stake.

[pixy0stix]

Jul 7, 2015 16:05:19 GMT -5 panicked said:

I have SUCH a good pic to share, but if I did, you all would burn me at the stake.

::whispers:: do it

[cookiemdough]

I looked at it and thought germs.