The folks at Hopscotch know how to stick the landing.

The ever-evolving interactive gallery across from Travis Park downtown has introduced five new additions, which were previewed for an invite-only crowd Thursday night. Four can be found downstairs, and all of them are worth the time. But the one that might spark the most joy is “Quantum Trampoline,” which can be found upstairs on the way out, just off the gift shop.

The installation does, indeed, hold a well-padded trampoline. Those who want to give it a try have to leave their shoes in a cubby — socks on, of course — before stepping inside. As New Age-y music plays, abstract video projections fill the space, the imagery changing based on the way those inside it move and bounce around. Swirls dance about, the imagery suggestive of space or fire or sprays of confetti. 

It’s fun to interact with, but it’s also so visually striking that those who don’t climb inside can still get a little serotonin boost just from watching.

The piece was created by Kuflex, the international digital media company that also created “Quantum Space,” a similar interactive work minus the trampoline that once filled a Hopscotch gallery.

Kuflex’s work fits right at home at Hopscotch. It was founded by Nicole Jensen and Hunter Inman as a fun and accessible way to explore the connections between visual art and technology. Their concept got a trial run with a popular pop-up in Austin in 2019. The San Antonio site, which opened in 2020, is their first permanent spot. Their second opened in Portland, Ore., last June.

Those who have visited the San Antonio flagship in the past will find several long-standing favorites are still in the mix, including a couple of installations by local creators. “Secrets,” the brainchild of Wide Awake Creative, invites folks to both listen to and anonymously record secrets. And Gary Sweeney created the funhouse installation “Perspective,” which holds an Ames room, a slanted space designed to create an optical illusion that makes folks viewed through a window appear to be much larger or smaller than they actually are.

One of the new additions also spotlights a San Antonio artist. “Wabi Sabi Garden” is an exhibit of works by Albert Gonzales featuring some of his distinctive nature imagery. It hangs on a wall just across from the ball pit, another long-standing favorite of Hopscotch regulars.

Once visitors start wending their way through the warren of galleries on the first floor, the first new work they are likely to encounter is “Onion Skin,” which was created by Paris-based artist Olivier Ratsi. Digital projections featuring geometric shapes shift and change, sometimes seeming to fly off the walls and into the room.

Another new work is “RGB,” created by the Milan-based design duo known as Carnovsky. All four walls of the gallery hold different tableaux that grow denser as layers are superimposed. On one wall, the bones of three skeletons develop musculature; in another, the interior of an elaborate building is obscured by a forest.

The final new piece on the first floor is tucked behind two heavy plastic curtains. “Unknown Atmospheres,” created by Portland-based Parallel Studio with sound design by Seth Nehil, is an infinity room holding a grid of 11,000 suspended lights hanging on either side of a narrow walkway. Those who stroll down it are immersed in light and sound.

The last two galleries are proven crowd-pleasers. There’s “Gaze,” a mirror maze bearing messages of inclusivity and hope including “Y’all means all,” followed by the peaceful “Rainbow Cave,” which gives a new life to 40,000 plastic bags.

From there, folks head back upstairs, where they can follow the signs reading “Continue” to “Quantum Trampoline,” a delightful finale.