Street Art: Joshua Allen Harris’ Inflatable Bag Monsters

Call us boring and simple-minded, but before we saw the work of street artist Joshua Allen Harris we never once considered the artistic possibilities of subway exhaust. Using only tape and garbage bags, Harris creates giant inflatable animals that become animated when fastened to a sidewalk grate. Steven Psyllos caught up with Harris recently to discuss his older works (including a bear and a giraffe) and unveil a new beast that looks not unlike the Cloverfield monster. Video by Jonah Green
Video Rating: 4 / 5

A video project I worked on in New York Mills, Minnesota and featuring a wide assortment of my kinetic-art techniques.


50 Responses to “Street Art: Joshua Allen Harris’ Inflatable Bag Monsters”

  1. LoulouisaRa says:

    Watch Safe the Planet – Recycling art!!!!! Enjoy it !!!!!

  2. matticus12345 says:

    @RAYBODEN1985 your a dick

  3. RAYBODEN1985 says:

    @gearsiborg what is so funny about it? U sad gayboy. If i ever see one of these “sculptures” im gonna snip it till its no more!!!

  4. DIego12Moctezuma says:

    you my friend just gave me an idea… ¬¬

  5. fonkzalo says:

    genius!

  6. TheeCooLCaT says:

    sooo sick

  7. wickirsinn says:

    Cool…

  8. gearsiborg says:

    Man, i laught so hard i’m gonna have a heart attack. Keep the good work… It’s awesome…

  9. MarineLatrine says:

    I love the differences between the top 2 comments.

  10. acebrawler73 says:

    Thats really freaking cool.

  11. edv177 says:

    thts wat make NYC wat it is!! A++++

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  13. Liviatega says:

    Nossa que demais!!!
    Sempre vejo umas matérias legais de street art no facebook do Passport Scotch Brasil tb!

  14. sugercoatedvenom says:

    creative idea FTW

  15. woinney says:

    this is art

  16. VJFranzK says:

    THis is great, very creative! I just thought the other day – what IF somebody used those advertising “balloon figures” in a more artistic way? here it is ;-)

  17. reidnet says:

    Brilliant!

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  19. Magion8 says:

    HIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING EVER!!! BUT I LOVE MY MOM AND DON’T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES!
    If you do not copy and paste this onto 10 videos your mom will die in 4 hours

  20. RESTINSTRE88 says:

    …very nice!!!
    M

  21. S3iF3 says:

    and if the bag rips its just a bunch of trash . What a great recycling idea !

  22. derallter says:

    Why not put a fuckin propeller at the airflow? Save some electricity.

  23. Anymuster says:

    It reminds me upgaded concept idea of “American beauty” movie

  24. jadco says:

    You’ve got a big ass room!

  25. lunatim says:

    @nusaik Yup, those are stick bombs. I have world-record stick bomb videos on my channel that you might want to check out…

  26. nusaik says:

    Are those stick bombs?

  27. lunatim says:

    @CampinCarl6661 That’s one of my synchronized domino spirals…

  28. CampinCarl6661 says:

    my favorite part was 1:44

  29. lunatim says:

    @HottyRat I lost count on the fails, but I do remember the part with the mechanical duck took about a dozen takes. This took about 2 weeks total to complete…

  30. HottyRat says:

    how many fails did you get, and how much time did you spend on this?!

  31. lunatim says:

    @123menboy1 Thanks, 123!

  32. 123menboy1 says:

    amazing

  33. lunatim says:

    @armani896 Not a whole lot of money, maybe a few hundred dollars over all…

  34. armani896 says:

    How much money did you spend on dominoes and those stick things and other stuff?

  35. armani896 says:

    I mean its harder to not go crazy while doing that than actually doing it cause when i use dominoes when im bored to do tricks and stuff when i accidentally tip one over and they all start falling i get so mad i just wana break the dominoes

  36. lunatim says:

    @armani896 The trick is to already be crazy before starting a project like this ;)

  37. armani896 says:

    I could probably do this if i had enough space and dominoes etc but i think after the first hour of trial and error i would bring out the sledge hammer and those table and dominoes would be in alot of different pieces.man how dident you lose your mind?!

  38. lunatim says:

    @300Gabs Obrigado, 300Gabs!

  39. 300Gabs says:

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Muito Bom Mesmo !!

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    @vethod Whoo, hoo!

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    WoooHoo !

  43. imnotrlly18yrsold says:

    where the fuck are you? so much floor.

  44. lunatim says:

    @enistoja Thanks, enistoja! Please tell your family and friends about my videos :)

  45. enistoja says:

    No matter what I say, I think that it would be an understatement of how incredible this was.

  46. lunatim says:

    @f2pGTA This took me two weeks…

  47. f2pGTA says:

    how long did it take to make?

  48. lunatim says:

    @mustangsrgr8 Thanks, mustang! It’s not so much patience as consuming a zillion cans of Dr. Pepper :)

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