Paint party

On Saturday night I went to the Wellington leg of the Illuminate 2011 Paint Party tour. The basic idea is a rave in a warehouse with A LOT of neon paint. My flatmate Matt had gone along last year and had a great night and so I decided to go along with him and some of his mates.

Everyone turns up in white clothes and I'd be warned that whatever I wore would never be the same again. So on Saturday I headed into town and bought a cheap white t-shirt and a pair of £5 shorts. Another great suggestion was to put phone, money, etc in a zip-loc bag to keep them paint-free. That meant I was able to get some photos during the night (through the plastic bag and on my phone, so a quality is a bit low).

After some pre-drinks at someone's flat we headed over to the venue on the waterfront about 10:30pm. Everyone was dancing away dressed in white, which made for a pretty weird visual -

Then at midnight the paint hit (I think they were firing it from some big cannons and handing out tons of bottles of it) -

After raving away , chucking paint around and generally having an awesome time, we left a bit before 3. Here's the aftermath -

I jumped in the shower as soon as I got home and managed to get most of it off. Although people were still pointing out bits behind my ear 2 showers later!


I'm keeping the shutter shades (which started out white) as a souvenir -