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Venue: The Edge Gallery, Lancaster FREE ADMISSION

An array of interactive thaumotropes fill the gallery window facing inside and out. Their solar powered spin governed by the strength of the passing sun. Each device contains immaculately detailed hand painted miniatures as seen from the bay window of the artist’s studio overlooking the Firth of Forth.

_{Image: ~ in the fields - ‘just’, 2007}

 

 

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Venue: Platform 3, Lancaster Station FREE ADMISSION

Experience interactive art, pick up the latest event information and get recommended itineraries for your day around the Bay. Come and chat to the folly team, book places for workshops and performances and get a taster for the journey ahead.

_{Image: Steve Longbottom www.stevenlongbottom.co.uk}

 

 

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Venue: Furness & Midland Hall, Carnforth Station FREE ADMISSION

Our annual selection of international short films full of chills, spills, thumps and bumps in the night. Including ‘Rose’ by Huku Uchiyama, ‘Red Lines’ by Frazer Lee, ‘Puppet’ by Patrick Smith, ‘Mebana’ by Daniel Wallentin, ‘Rógairí’ by Tom Cosgrove and ‘The Path’ by Tale of Tales. Will you take the path of needles… or the path of pins?

_{Image: Hoku Uchiyama – ‘Rose’, 2006}

 

 

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Venue: Furness & Midland Hall, Carnforth Station
Places are FREE but limited; please book ahead on 01524 388550 or email enquiries 'at' folly.co.uk

Throughout 2007 folly has been working in collaboration with Cumbria Filmmakers Network to deliver a series of free pocket movie making workshops at Carnforth Station. For Halloween we are embarking on something a little bit different. Working from a script by North West writer Steve Jansen, Cumbria Filmmakers Network and workshop participants will work together to create something ghoulish out of the digital ether that casts a new light on the after-life.

 

 

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Venue: Furness & Midland Hall, Carnforth Station FREE ADMISSION
Available for download as an interactive screensaver at www.tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest

Imagine appearing as a deer in a magical but increasingly spooky place. At Carnforth Station you can experience this immersive installation where you can roam through a deep enchanted forest shrouded with mist to see what happens next, but expect the unexpected as Halloween approaches.

Opening times: Tuesday  to Sunday 10am-4pm

Please note that this exhibition will not be open on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th October.
_{Image: Tale of Tales – ‘The Endless Forest: Phase 3’ , 2007}

 

 

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Venue: Lanternhouse, Ulverston FREE ADMISSION

Dazzling new technology from the founder of Squid Labs and Instructables enabling dynamic animations to be presented in the spinning spokes of a bicycle. Now you can have your very own pedal powered personal Illuminations to light up your life.

 

 

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Venue: Lanternhouse, Ulverston FREE ADMISSION

Never miss another flight. Live information about migratory patterns of birds in and around the Morecambe Bay area are presented in the style of an airport information screen thanks to local birders, birdwatchers and twitchers providing real-time updates.

 

 

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Venue: Lanternhouse, Ulverston FREE ADMISSION

Interactive installation where you can control flocks of virtual boids, not birds, to create music in a 3D space. Your movements are caught via webcam to alter the trajectory and speed of the boids as they fly through the air.

 

 

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Venue: Lanternhouse, Ulverston FREE ADMISSION

A magical-realist parable of gambling, greed, hope, despair and the faded vaudevillian charm of a British seaside resort. An innovative take on the drama documentary following Blackpool’s bid right up to decision day to be the home of a supercasino.

 

 

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Venue: Lanternhouse, Ulverston FREE ADMISSION

Elegant Japanese motion graphics from legendary Tokyo-based design group show. The relentless progress of a single human in a car, boat and plane around a landscape riddled with transport infrastructure results in the inevitable conflagratory conclusion.

 

 

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