Banana Over Texas
Woopidoo over at Art News Blog (CLICK) has been keeping tabs on the insane Geostationary Banana Over Texas "art" project (title link). The team's notion is to fly a colossal banana-shaped helium balloon above Texas for one month at a cost of $1.5m. All they need is the money. As if there aren't better things to waste a fortune on than scaring the livestock! "A fool and his money are soon parted", says the old Brit. proverb. In case a rich fool doesn't turn up to fund this lunacy, here's my view of it. I've taken the liberty of adding a banana to Smoke of the .45 (1937) a dramatic painting by that great western artist Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939).
posted by Unknown @ 8.4.08
2 comments
2 Comments:
Lol Ian. You might be able to help them with some fundraising posters. $1.5 million is a lot of money to raise to put a banana in the sky.
It could get shot down over Texas too.. with all them gunslingers getting around on horseback.
Dion
Hi, Dion
A redskin with a fire arrow couldn't wish for a more inspiring target.
I doubt whether Ffifes (Britain's main banana importer) would care to shell out $1.5m on this project, despite the potential publicity.
And I suspect there's duplication of effort here too. The UK has a firm that specializes in custom-made balloons for races and advertising. I saw one of these races years ago, and there were houses and all sorts of weird shapes floating in the sky.
One banana? Phooey!
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