Geostationary Banana Over Texas Project on hold
I absolutely love pranks and prank-like projects, so I’m sad to report that the Geostationary Banana Over Texas has just been suspended. Over the course of two and a half years, this large scale collaborative project captured attention all over the world. In their most recent email, the organizers state:
We have recorded the GBOT project being discussed in 23 languages. Its concept was the motive for specialized art papers; it was published in children’s books in France, in specialized engineering publications in Russia; it inspired the realization of video games in the UK; it was discussed in local newspapers and community radios, in articles in art and science magazines. It was posted in thousands of blogs. It was broadcasted through mainstream media in many countries (like: Brazil, Hungary, Indonesia, the Philippines, Poland, Finland, Belgium, Rumania, India, Sweden, Iran, Japan, Korea, China, and so on). In two and half years that this project lasted, the website reported 38 million visits.
We still are reviewing the wide implications and impact of this project. At the moment we are compiling all the documentation related to this experience; and we hope to make it available through a publication, website, and public presentations later this year.
In all, this was a successful widespread collaborative project where the contribution of each participant was precious and will be acknowledged in all final publications.
I still believe, and I hope one day to look up and see that giant banana floating high above in the Texas sky.
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