January 29, 2007
Bananas
Installation art used to mean kooky things like wrapping the Golden Gate Bridge in wax paper. But 9/11 changed everything.
In an art installation sure to launch a thousand UFO conspiracies, Montreal artist César Saez plans to send a 1,000-foot helium blimp in the shape of a banana into low Earth orbit over the Lone Star State.
If everything goes right, the fruity dirigible, known as the Geostationary Banana Over Texas, should launch in August 2008.
The astrofruit is an artistic commentary on the absurdity of American politics -- especially Texan-style kookiness, says Saez.
"I see Texas like a crossroads of important social and cultural happenings in the states and in the world," he says.
Just beween you and me, I'm thinking about a giant inflatable Arlene Wolgemuth to symbolize the absurdity of installation art.
Posted by mayor mcsleaze at January 29, 2007 10:21 PM
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