Wednesday, June 25, 2008

globeandmail.com: Floating banana's appeal for funding slips

globeandmail.com: Floating banana's appeal for funding slips: "MONTREAL — A Canadian art project involving a giant banana, helium and the state of Texas was already considered bold and controversial - now there are doubts about whether the massive piece of fruit will ever fly.

Despite getting about $105,000 from Quebec and federal art-funding agencies, Canadian artist Cesar Saez's flying-banana project appears to be meeting turbulence. According to his project's webpage, the Geostationary Banana Over Texas has failed to get enough grassroots funding to ensure its planned launch date in August."

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