Unquestionably, Belfast now attracts global literary renown and over the past four decades this has been its foremost imaginative export. Michael Longley, Derek Mahon and the Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney emerged in the sixties, and are known across the world as some of the finest poets writing in the English language. A prolific new generation of poets & novelists are coming through and the Literary Belfast iPhone app will soon be available to download.
‘Biosuite’ is a collaborative project bringing together the disciplines of film production, music composition, environmental art, technology, and engineering to research ‘future cinema’ and the ever-increasing demand for audience interactivity & immersion in the audiovisual experience.
Belfast has created a world first in Music Tourism, the Belfast Music iPhone app. There is an explosion of new music coming out of Northern Ireland, building on the city’s rich musical heritage, and in an age of apps & mobile, the free to download Belfast Music iPhone app allows people to explore it all anywhere, anytime.
Mighty Boosh meets Garth Marenghi meets The Tube via The Muppets. The Beat Hotel is a music puppet show, a dark comedy set in a purpose-built hotel. The show spans TV, online, mobile & social networks.
A science fiction series about the unexpected side effect of the unlocking of a 6th sense as a result of the Large Hadron Collider experiments. Participation will be on 3 levels: viewing a linear story, interactive gaming, and GPS ‘real’ world gaming.
Peacefire, A film by Macdara Vallely. “Emotionally charged ... clearly the debut of a fresh new talent” The Hollywood Reporter.
We ran an ARG as part of the Belfast Cathedral Arts Quarter Festival. Within hours of advertising it was booked out…people want to play! Here is an overview of the game and a short video of the event.
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“If we don’t end war, war will end us.”
A visual exploration of life and death - a young soul attempts to escape from a dreamlike state of euphoria before it turns into a nightmare.