100,000 paper planes
25/09/2009

this sunday (september the 27th) in grand rapids, michigan, artist rob bliss will release 100,000 paper airplanes as part of “artprize” event.

twenty close family and friends will be stationed atop the seven- to 11-story high buildings to send the planes flying in a wave-like fashion while attendees sing, hum or play an instrument to the tune of sigur ros’ “olsen olsen.” (listen to the song in this video).

there will be five-minute intervals between each burst of color. the eight bars of “olsen olsen” will be played continuously in a loop-like fashion for 30 minutes.

“it can sort of just go on forever,” bliss said. “it’s very triumphant and celebratory and beautiful.”

more information is available on the facebook event page and the mlive.com article which we quoted from above.

update: here is a video of the event: