Exxopolis: Architects Of Air

We randomly found out about this installation the day before and arrived early on the last day and was able to get standby tickets.
We had to wait 3 hours, but it was definitely worth the wait. If it comes through your city, you must check it out.

Walk-In’s SOLD OUT by 10 am opening? Fuck

Really cool event! Best if you can get a time via the RSVP system, so you don’t have to wait very long, but there is a stand-​by line. (And at the time my friend and I went, on a Saturday around 2pm, the stand-​by line was only a few minutes’ wait. That may change if people read about it in the media.)
Once you’re in, you take off your shoes and store them in cubby holes. Then you head into a short orientation. (No jumping. No bouncing against walls. This is not a bounce house, even though it looks like one. Etc…) And then they open the plastic door and let you into a magical world of color.
At times, the colors seem to change the longer you are in a «room,» as your eyes get adjusted. You can sit or lay on the floor to get a better look or to take pictures. On a hot day, the air conditioning vents are welcome. (Some parts of the attraction can get quite warm, so stopping at an a/​c vent now and then sort of offsets that.)
It’s hard to explain what Exxopolis is. It’s as if you are Alice in Wonderland and you’ve just fallen down the rabbit hole, but instead of a new land, you land in magical ribbons of light.
And to make the exhibit even better, every few minutes, a different sort of singing/​musical group comes through. In the few minutes we were there, we hit an opera singer and a New Orleans-​style jazz band.
Highly entertaining exhibit. And this Los Angeles stop is totally free! Definitely recommend it.
If you have kids, it’d be a great event to bring them to, as long as they’re old enough to understand they can’t jump on the walls like a bounce house and that this is more of a «relax and check out the colors» kind of activity.