Geostationary Banana Over Texas

• Nora
  September 11th, 2007 at 5:08 pm

  Omg… they’re actually doing the big ugly banana in the sky? >_

• Johnny Cat
  September 11th, 2007 at 5:09 pm

  But after a week or so it’ll turn black and attract gnats. Giant gnats.

• Denita TwoDragons
  September 11th, 2007 at 5:10 pm

  I’m one of those Texans who is NOT thrilled at having my beautiful blue sky marred by an obnoxious oversized fruit. Yeah, it might be funny for a DAY. But after a few weeks I’m gonna be sick of the thing.

  –TwoDragons

• kerozene
  September 11th, 2007 at 5:10 pm

  How bout I just kick them in the nuts, and they give me the million. Seems much more productive (and a lot less reproductive, thank gawd).

• Tempscire
  September 11th, 2007 at 5:11 pm

  I thought this was fake…?

• VonSkippy
  September 11th, 2007 at 5:33 pm

  Huge waste of money - I’m sure history will sniff once and then promptly ignore them.

• Melissa
  September 11th, 2007 at 6:38 pm

  Art is a lovely thing. The concept is neat. But at a price of a million dollars, it’s a shame. They could spend that same million dollars on helping people that really need it and that would be a lot nicer than a fake banana in the sky.

• Ray
  September 11th, 2007 at 7:51 pm

  Sounds to me like it’s just going to be be a fancy balloon.

  Actually a geostationary orbit is a geosynchronous orbit directly above the equator at a altitude of 36,000 km.

  Neither of which this project will be able to do.

  I’m calling BS on the whole project. It’ll never do what they say.

• Johnzy
  September 11th, 2007 at 7:57 pm

  Hey, I remerber that, in the biginning of the year people were shocked because a gouvernemental organism for art promotion here in Canada give 65 000$ to this ass hole for is giant banana. I never thought he’ll do it for real… I wonder who give the rest of the million?

• billy
  September 11th, 2007 at 8:56 pm

  let art art itself
  let $$$ for the needy be taken off bogus military spending
  let’s all in the first world remember the third world that grows and ships alot of our foodstuffs.

• wheat
  September 11th, 2007 at 9:36 pm

  Dudes that is the fakest faked photo I’ve ever faked. Christ there is so much many shadow and perspective issues it makes my stomach churn. Oh GOD… blarg

• when's lunch?
  September 11th, 2007 at 9:43 pm

  BANANA HINDENBURG!!!!

• Chris
  September 11th, 2007 at 9:55 pm

  From the website, in the team presentation section : “Various individuals that preferred to remain anonymous”

  Yeah, you understand why: a lot of them forgot their foil hat.

  Anyway, looks like a fun hoax to me.

• cb
  September 11th, 2007 at 11:01 pm

  Agreed. Fake photos all around!

• paul
  September 12th, 2007 at 2:44 am

  there’s definitely something wrong with that photo, its not right at all.

  and the whole thing sounds like a waste of time, although relatively spectacular with they actually do it

• Stephoid
  September 12th, 2007 at 4:05 am

  That’s the worst photoshopping I’ve seen in aaaaaaaaaaaages!

• Mitch
  September 12th, 2007 at 6:59 am

  Well, I like the idea of messing with Texas. How do
  you like that big banana in your sky, Tex?

  I’m concerned, however, that when the banana falls it
  may hurt someone.

• The CyberSlug
  September 12th, 2007 at 11:29 am

  Fake photos are easier and cheaper than spacecraft, and of equal value when the point is performance art.

  This has been around for nearly 2 years but boingboing can make anything “new” again.

• anon
  September 12th, 2007 at 7:19 pm

  It’s concept art, not a photo. Sheesh.

  Not only that, but Neatorama reported this last December.

• david
  September 12th, 2007 at 9:25 pm

  wow what was the “artist” thinking who would want a giant banana in the sky.

  this is one Texan who wont be looking up for a while.

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