Inflatable test and developing my piece; bringing the birthplace of democracy into the conversation

I created an inflatable tube man using ripstop fabric and took it home to experiment with a fan I had sourced from a sparky mate. 

It was a valuable testing process because it gave me loads of clarity on the technical aspects of the installation; for example, the power of fan needed, the size of the air escape aperture that needs to be left in the inflatable seams so that it has the right amount of pressure internally, and how the base units that hold the fan and support the inflatable need to be constructed.

It also resulted in me revising my overall plan for the inflatable structure. 

The wacky wavy mans arms won't move with a quiet/ low power fan, and having a low noise output is a requirement of exhibiting in a group show. Also, without the movement, they just look like big silly sausages. And while this is fitting satire for certain elected representatives, it has not got the presence that I want to achieve. It looks amateur. And it looks too ridiculous with the fan restrictions as they are. I also don't like how the arms, static as they have to be now, draw so much focus for the eye, because this will be fighting visually with the lettering I plan to stencil onto each column. 

I did some sketching and brainstorming and came up with the idea to instead create a loose Athenian temple structure, adding a lintel and some basic edging detail to the top of the 2 outer columns. 

My choice of inflatable as a medium still gives the piece a satirical and clown like quality. But it feels more fitting and developed/ resolved to bring coding of ancient Greece into the structure of this political activist piece; because it is the historic birthplace of democracy. I hope that my new design will make my piece look literally monumental and give it a real sense of presence and power.