Oslo-based “visual artist and balloon destroyer,” Jan Hakon Erichsen, came up with hundreds of ideas for balloon-destroying devices. He shares short videos on his Instagram page where he has nearly 500k followers. Besides these videos, his profile features various DIY projects you may also like.
Erichsen also publishes the balloon-destroying video compilations on his YouTube channel as a Destruction Diaries series. On his website, he writes that he “works within a variety of media focusing on topics like fear, anger and frustration”. However, he warns his Instagram followers that they “should really, really, not try this at home.”
Erichsen’s work has been exhibited many times in Norway and beyond. He graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Oslo. To see more of his work, follow him on Instagram.
Scroll down for some unnecessary but hilarious balloon-destroying devices he came up with!
