Feb 27, 2009
POSTED BY CAMILLA PADGITT-COLES
Before you go to ARTHURDESH, I want to let you know about another contributor to the benefit’s jam-packed lineup: balloonist and inventor Mathew Lippincott of the portal Where The Summer Calm of Charity Perpetually Reigns. Keep watch during the ethereal warblings of Californian experimental folkie Michael Hilde (Mountainhood) as Lippincott’s balloon mountains float across the stage. Lippincott recently finished a guide to solar balloon-building (available for download in .pdf format here), and if you find him after the performance he will give you free plastic and instructions so that you can make your very own inflatable tetrahedron — it’s even better than flying a kite!
“Lippincott recently finished a guide to solar balloon-building (available for download in .pdf format here), and if you find him after the performance he will give you free plastic and instructions so that you can make your very own inflatable tetrahedron — it’s even better than flying a kite!”
i was there but never did get one o’ these. the mary poppins song “let’s go fly a kite” has been stalking me for the past two days, and i keep thinkin’ about how i never got to fly one of these glorious spacebags. can i still get one? can anyone see this?
Hi! If you were at the benefit, you probably also noticed that parts of this post did not come to fruition – there were some technical difficulties with Mat’s balloons, so he wasn’t able to fly them during Mountainhood’s set. And the guides were actually being sold for $3 (production cost).
BUT if you are in the New York area I’m sure Mat would be more than happy to give you a tutorial, and cut you free plastic…right now’s he’s in California recording the sound of the Pacific Coast from the air (using balloons), but he’ll be back…I’ll forward your message to him if that’s ok!
- Camilla
P.S. In the meantime, you can download the .pdf version of the guide here: http://www.wherethesummercalmofcharityperpetuallyreigns.com