Recent Adventures

Balloon #78 made it to Pasadena, California, United States

Balloon #71 was photographed in Sweden

Balloon #79 went the not for profit route

Balloon #9 witnessed some snow raking in Glenorchy

Balloon #84 distracted and entertained a whole office in Germany

Balloon #97 made it to Tel Aviv and seemed to be seeking some beach fun

Recent Adventures

Balloon #24 was frolicking in the sky with aeroplanes at Barwon Heads

Balloon #60 was found in a part of town experiencing a rash of tyre deflating incidents... lets hope it quickly moves on to a place more friendly towards air filled objects.

Balloon #79 was slowly drifting to the bottom of an inbox when a random dog and a soccer ball managed to give it a future once more.

Balloon #81 was spotted by a dog walker and some local youths

Recent Adventures

Balloon #78 has been sighted and photographed twice! Once in Hong Kong and once in Tibet!!!

Balloon #22 flew through Chelsea for some kisses before journeying on to East Melbourne where the various disadvantages of being a balloon in todays society became apparent.

Other Balloon Projects

This is an amazing project! These guys have been traveling around releasing a bunch of balloons with a camera attached and chasing it on bikes! So you get an aerial view of a city - plus lots of great bike action!

http://theballoonproject.org

"The Berlin Balloon Project

It was a rainy afternoon in Berlin and our last chance to do The Berlin Balloon Project since Luca (one of the co-founders of The Balloon Project) was leaving the next day. We strapped more than 30 helium balloons to a video camera and sent it up all by itself over the city some few hundred meters. We then proceeded to chase it down with bikes as the rain slowly brought it back to earth.

If you look carefully you can see that our "Message in a Balloon" traveled from East Berlin, over the historic Berlin Wall (at 4:00 minutes (bernauer str), and into freedom in West Berlin."

Chasing it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND06VRnuelY

Recovering the camera:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81TPfSpKXrA&feature=related

Flight of the Red Balloon

I went to see the movie "Flight of the Red Balloon" yesterday. I have been trying to get to see it for weeks and I was really looking forward to it! Unfortunately it didn't quite fulfill all of my fantasies...

I thought it was a good movie and had some brilliant acting and interesting arty type shots, and it achieved a harsh realism. But it went on for a bit too long and nothing really resolved and the red balloon didn't really mean much or contribute to the story.

But I am still looking forward to seeing the original red balloon film, Le Ballon Rouge (1956)

Maybe after I've seen that I will get the more recent one!

Recent Adventures

Red Balloon #73 showed up in an office and inspired some research into the cultural significance of the red balloon!

Red Balloon #26 was an image sent by txt and simply the words:
"ninety nine red balloons at night!!!"