WTF Apparatus

A celebration of the weird and wonderful things we become airborne upon

[flamchen]

Aerial Mobile 2007

9 dancers

4 on static

5 on corde lisse

off of a 250 ft./ 75 m crane

[bendymish]

Whee! My contortion student snapped this shot of me playing around in the birdcage at The Circus Project’s big fundraiser last night. I love messing about on that thing- it’s ridiculous to rig, but great for contortion.

[wtfapparatus]

Your mod on her own WTF-y apparatus- the Birdcage that was custom built for The Circus Project.

[makinen]

Talvisirkus Hurjaruuth - Matkalla - 2015

http://www.hurjaruuth.fi/en

Aerialist: Milla Lahtinen

[photographise]

Big Sexy Circus City - Showcase Edinburgh Fringe 2015

[wtfapparatus]

Not as WTF-y as our usually stuff, but I’ve never seen a doubles tippy lyra act before!

[pendulumaerialarts]

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[polefiend]

I still think the t pole is a pretty groovy apparatus. Here is a shot by @ninareedphoto of me and @polelashes doing a doubles move in the show EarthAerial a few weeks ago #pole #poledoubles #doublesmove #aerial #aerialist #tpole #inventedapparatus #aerialnation #circusartistcirque #circus #cirque #doublesaerial #aerialdoubles

[torontopeopleplus]

[goes-ever-on-and-on]

That’s not static trapeze…

[gothiccircusyogi]

Quixotic

[flamchen]

Work is paying off on the big lyra!

[flamchen]

Lyra Ladder Fun

[ajasin]

Aerialist Ilona Jantti

[smolestfox]

Oh my goodness, such beautiful apparatus.

[wtfapparatus]

I absolutely love your tumblr! And i also love to be featured in it!! I'm the designer, owner and performer of ICARE, the rocking chair you have as your Profile pic. I really consider that thinking out of the box when it comes to aerial stuff is just amazing. Saludos desde Mexico!! :)

That's wonderful to hear! I'm posting this publicly so more folks are aware of you and your work. I'm always happy to feature out-of-the-box apparatuses, and yours are wonderfully inspiring.

[icarelevy]

ICARE rocking chair. 

[flamchen]

All Souls Mobile 2013

[wtfapparatus]

wtfapparatus <3s flamchen so damn hard, if you hadn't noticed already.

[flamchen]

Lyra Ladder 2012

photo: David Anderson

[aerial-skull]

[gothicballerina]

Just laying in my new custom made aerial triangle John surprised me with! We have talked about making this for months! Now off to Home Depot to tape this sweet baby up! #aerial #aerialartist #aerialtriangle #fly #chains #custom