Blog Post Two (suck the balls)

I received my first great BFPFA submission over the weekend and I want to take a moment to formally recognize it because it really stands out. Over the years, I would ask friends and people in bars a series of questions to try and illicit what they would have in their big fun place. This response is a perfect BFPFA because it fills all the criteria for BFPFAs. It is Big, It is Fun, and it is for adults. Perfect.

This BFPFA is called “Suck the Balls” and is an interactive installation produced by Niklas Roy. You can find his website here: https://www.niklasroy.com/

“Suck the Balls” was an installation at Goethe-Institut in Krakau. The project was from 2014, and some info about the project shamelessly copy-pasted from Roy’s website:

“Suck the Balls!” lets people escape the daily grind and immerse into an endless, ecstatic play with thousands of little yellow plastic balls.

The installation consists of a ball pit and an 80 meters long pneumatic tube transport, which fills up the entire historic staircase of the Potocki Palace in Kraków. When entering the ball pit, the cabin’s lights switch on and the ball suction action starts! The visitor can operate the peculiar machinery with a suction spout. When sucking the balls which are surrounding his feet, the balls race through the transparent pipe system, creating a visually stunning scene. The journey of the little balls ends in a container above the ball pit, waiting for the climax of the operation: When the visitor pulls the release handle of the container, a fountain of balls splashes down onto his head in a joyful shower.

A helmet is provided to keep the hairstyle in excellent condition throughout the whole experience.

A big shout out to the survey taker who contributed this excellent BFPFA. If you know of any Big Fun Places that I should highlight on the blog, drop me a note in the “contact” page, or if you haven’t done so, simply take the Big Fun Survey Here.