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HOT AIR is an inflatable and inhabitable monument created to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism in Romania. This project was supported by the city if Timisoara, Romania, the University of Michigan by the Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies through the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, and Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. It was mounted in Piata Victoriei, Timisoara, Romania on November 3-7, 2009 in conjunction with the American Romanian Music Festival .................................................. Anca Trandafirescu is the designer of HOT AIR. She is an Assistant Professor in Architecture at the University of Michigan and a partner in area. She constructed HOT AIR with the invaluable assistance of Le Nguyen.