Balloon Nutcracker
5/10 Extra Ordinary project | Nutcracker

What happens if you need a balloon to crack a walnut? If the principle and result of cracking a walnut does not change, two points change extraordinarily. The first is people's understanding of the tool used to crack the nut. This nutcracker bears no resemblance to the nutcracker as it is in people's minds. On the contrary, the second point is that the understanding of the balloon is also affected here. The balloon is always supposed to float upwards, but here it becomes a heavy object that breaks open the walnut. These two points together form a new context about cracking walnuts based on the two ordinary objects, the nutcracker and the balloon. The balloon nutcracker lies in the fact that the properties of the balloon are changed. The balloon appears to float as usual and when you pull the pull ring, the balloon detaches from the magnet and smashes the walnut in one second.

Nutcracker / Berlin / 2021