northern bloc 4 Launch Event :: March 30, 2010: 3:00 – 4:30 pm :: Technium CAST, Ffordd Penlan, Parc Menai Bangor LL57 4HJ.

The event comprises: an interactive installation; a virtual balloon race; an actual balloon release plus the chance to find out about northern bloc’s programme of workshops, clinics and commissions. The event will be followed by an opportunity to take part in the Wales in the World workshop at Galeri, Caernarfon at 5pm.

Find out where we are and what we do. Take a balloon from room 120 (watch out for the performer). Exchange your balloon for refreshment in the Ê»open living areaʼ. Ê»Tagʼ your balloon in short tales – and interact with the digital projection. Join the physical balloon release on the balcony. Enter the virtual balloon race and maybe win a prize.

If you canʼt make it in person to the northern bloc launch you could still: Be one of the first to release your virtual balloon to race over google maps. Your balloon will travel, rise and fall dependent on weather data gathered from around the world. It will carry with it your six word short tale – a personal, poignant and even profound statement. Prizes will be awarded to owner of the balloon which travelled the furthest and to the stories deemed to be most evocative.

We hope to see your balloon in virtual space!