Blow The City.

Posted by Excellent in Arts & Crafts on February 21, 2007 at 11:53 pm


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In the last week of February 2007, a small town in Belgium called Ghent, will blow up. People from all over the world will take part in the process and the results should be, well, beautiful. Blow The City is calling anyone that can put pen to plastic to send balloons to Ghent, with a small note about who they are and where they are from. In an exercise of global togetherism the balloons will be released all at once, coating the wintered city of Ghent in color. A gentle change from the now common instances of bombings and explosions Blow The City creates another kind of impact that is about community and communication rather than destruction.

This is a street art project. As seen on nownow. Send your balloons here [MySpace].


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9 comments to "Blow The City."

  1. Ali
    February 22nd, 2007 at 4:42 am

    I can't really believe this will do any good for the environment if balloons end up stuck in trees and in powerlines.

  2. Ali
    February 22nd, 2007 at 4:43 am

    *note* that is if they were filled with helium as they were being hung up. :p

  3. charli
    February 22nd, 2007 at 6:51 am

    and they get caught in streams and eventually turtles will eat them and might die. i was planning on doing a balloon race to raise some of the £46,000 the exchange at my school needs. i looked into it and its very expensive to run and they will get caught in trees and things. after the initial wow factor of all the balloons going up its just disgusting afterwards when its just litter. somebody has to clean it up as well.

  4. charli
    February 22nd, 2007 at 6:52 am

    oo the website if anybody is interested

  5. artschild
    February 22nd, 2007 at 10:10 am

    Wow... I just popped in to make exactly the same sort of comment. They end up all over as litter, or get eaten by wildlife and can cause horrific deaths by clogging intestines... I'm glad more people know about the harms of releasing tons of helium balloons into the sky. Hopefully, a few people will see these sorts of comments here, and a few more of these kinds of events will be prevented.

  6. Dan
    February 22nd, 2007 at 1:35 pm

    I also hope they're not thinking of blowing them up manually. I wouldn't put my lips on anything sent by strangers through the mail.

  7. Alex
    February 22nd, 2007 at 2:41 pm

    Balloon also causes more baby deaths than any other toys.

  8. Hanako
    February 22nd, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    Yeah, I think the only kind of impact it will create is an environmental one. What are the chances of one blown here getting anywhere near its destination? It's idealistic and cute, but not so good for the environment.

  9. Ag
    March 31st, 2007 at 7:09 pm

    Balloon also causes more baby deaths than any other toys.

    this was right!

    and also the pollution...


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