JIMMY KUEHNLE

Setting up Stuffed Full on Governors Island for the Governors Ball in the rain. Tomorrow this inflatable sculpture will be on display during the music festival. During the window for installation the clouds opened up with a wet downpour. With a little work all set up nicely. I will also be storming around in twoContinue Reading

Santiago Esparza of The Detroit News came out to see the Detroit performance and followed along a bit down Woodward Avenue while Robin Buckson documented the event with her camera. Click the image to see a large image of the article and to read the text. The Detroit News link: http://www.detnews.com/article/20091128/METRO/911280331/1409/METRO/Pair-don-giant-inflated-suits-to-lighten-things-up-on-Woodward

After finding a parking space near Woodward and Warren Avenue, I unpacked two inflatable suits. In the morning Santiago Esparza of The Detroit News contacted me about coming to the performance with a photographer. I waited for him and Mary Beth Carolan to show up. Mary Beth saw some of the publicity for the DetroitContinue Reading

I spoke with Jason Carr of the FOX 2 Detroit Morning show at the FOX 2 studios. The interview went fine except for the fact that large inflatable suits do not fit well inside television studios. The suits banged into the lighting rigs a bit, but no damage was done. Getting the suits out andContinue Reading

After a successful series of inflatable suit performances in central Michigan, I am expanding the list of cities to include Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit and St. Louis. Since it is getting colder up here I am planning to confront the weather head on to find out what happens. These performances will occur in the end ofContinue Reading

I wrapped up the central Michigan performance tour in Kalamazoo. Hello. Bye. took strong winds in stride and attracted the attention of a couple reporters. As I walked by the Kalamazoo Gazette building during my performance, two journalists from the Business Review came out to see what was going on. Candace Beeke wrote a pieceContinue Reading

The rain stayed away for the performance in Jackson. I started in the mall parking lot and then headed down Michigan Avenue toward downtown. Along the way car horns kept pace with their always ambiguous messages. Since I performed during the lunch hour, many people were dining in storefront cafes. This provided ample opportunity toContinue Reading

The Battle Creek performance lost out to the rain on Friday. I rescheduled for the next day with decent weather, which ended up being Sunday. What have I been doing in the studio during my residency? I made a new inflatable suit. This suit, Hello. Bye., sports big yellow letters and of course big redContinue Reading