From: "Lanna Lee Maheux" <lannalee@hotmail.com>
To: balloon@balloonhq.com
Subject: Balloon Sighting: Boston Phoenix (long)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 18:59:28 GMT

Balloon Sighting in the Boston Phoenix.

I was reading an article about the Berlin Film Festival in the Boston 
Phoenix, and one of the pictures connected to the article looked very 
familiar. Because I work for the Phoenix (or at least one of its companies) 
I sent the author of the article (Jeffrey Gantz) an email that said:

"Hi! Yes, I know you probably have no idea who I am, but I work for TPI, in 
the call center. I was reading your article on the Berlin Film Festival (in 
the Phoenix, of course), and noticed the picture of the sculpture by Jeff 
Koontz.

I was excited by the picture as I am also a clown and balloon artist (a 
twister), and that sculpture looks just like a balloon with an apple twist 
and several fold twists... I could show you a fair approximation.

However, I have been trying to find out more information on the sculpture 
online (even just a picture)and have had no luck. This may sound a little 
strange, but do you have a copy of the picture you could email me, or an 
idea where I could find one online? We twisters are hungry for this sort of 
"balloon sighting". Thanks for your time =0)"

And he answered me with:

"I took the picture with an ordinary K1000 Pentax, not a new digital camera, 
so I can't e-mail it, and I have no idea where you are (is TPI on the second 
floor? or have you moved to Malden?), but if you can find my little editing 
cell, you can have a copy of the photo we ran. It's blue — actually quite 
striking, but untitled, and I have no idea who commissioned it or why it's 
there."

So I trucked up to his office (cube) on the 3rd floor, I am on the 1st-I 
actually took the elevator, and he gave me the photo! (I in turn gave him an 
approximation of the sculpure made out of a Saffire Blue balloon (since he 
said blue).

So now I am holdling the photo (I hope to get it scanned in soon) It is a 
sculpture of a balloon sculpture! Jeffrey says that no one at the festival 
knew what the sculpture was! amazing! He says he is now probably the only 
person who does.

I did try to find a pic already online, but was unable to find one. The 
sculpture is untilted by Jeff Koontz and it was at the Berlin Film Festival 
(Berlinale?). It is a brilliant Saffire blue color.


~Lanna~

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