Posts from — March 2011

My friend Steve is half of the London based duo called Block 9. Together with Gideon, he is the creative, production and logistical brains behind the jaw dropping venues ‘The NYC Downlow” and ‘The London Underground’.

2010 saw them take on a whole field at Glastonbury festival for the first time and create the most ambitious and best realised sets on the whole festival site.

Block9 Glastonbury 2010 from HAM on Vimeo.

Having helped with a few bits of graphics (the gnarly billboard included), I was lucky enough to go along to the sun drenched Glastonbury 2010 and see their creation in the flesh.

The disbelief on the faces of festival-goers as they entered the field to find not only a derelict 70’s New York side street, but also a ‘life size’ six story towerblock with a tube train crashed through the fourth floor was a total treat.

Bravo Steve and Gideon for your ambition, vision and attention to detail – and of course the team of hardcore grafting creatives that helped to pull off these amazing structures.

Roll on June!