SKYWALKERS
Art Basel Beach Parade - Deciembre 7 . 06

el Jefe hit south beach for a lotta hot air, inflated egos, and big bouncy floating things.

and then there was the FRIENDS WITH YOU Giant Blimp Parade...

Blimp artists FRIENDS WITH YOU, Ara Peterson, PaperRad, DEVILROBOTS, Mumbleboy, David Choe, and Misaki Kawai flew high and wide, for a benefit of the Art Center/South Florida and Legal Art
presented by SCION


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pre-parade pics


 

 

 

 

 


blowing up Ara Petersons's WRAPPED PHANTASM


 

 

Hialeah High marching band percussionists jammed with the lead parade drummer. cool!

 

On with the parade!

 

 

Blimps get high with the Hialeah High Marching Band!

 


Friends with your balls!


Friends With You STARRY EYES follow the balls...


Mumbleboy's MURBIT (rabbit) and Misaki Kawai's FUJI-SAN and TREE
(Fuji is an exploding Mount Fuji!)



Fuji, Friends With You ZOZO
(the universe itself)
followed by
PaperRad's PYRAMID


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PaperRad's NEDDRIX DOGSTRUM
an unsanctioned universal ambassador that houses the planet known as Mush Island



Ara Petersons's WRAPPED PHANTASM
followed by
Devil Robot's ALIEN FROM THE PLANET FLUFFY



Friends With You GRUBABA and
David Choe's MUNKO anchor the parade

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Walking away from the Beach, we watched the Blimps continue their universal trail thru the Miami Beach palm trees


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pics/words by Jefe aka Johnny Chiba

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contact: jefe at testicle dot com