{"id":551,"date":"2009-12-18T21:01:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T01:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/?p=551"},"modified":"2009-12-24T12:31:43","modified_gmt":"2009-12-24T16:31:43","slug":"st-louis-inflatable-suit-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/st-louis-inflatable-suit-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Inflatable Suit Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Big_Red_inflatable_art_performance_under_Gateway_Arch_670.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Big_Red_inflatable_art_performance_under_Gateway_Arch_670.jpg\" alt=\"Inflatable performance art under the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis\" title=\"Big Red Under the Arch\" width=\"670\" height=\"378\" class=\"size-full wp-image-552\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On a calm day under the Gateway Arch I unpacked <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimmykuehnle.com\/performance\/big_red\/big_red.php\">Big Red<\/a><\/em> for perhaps its last performance.  The suit shows the wounds and scars from many exciting performances.  My first performance in St. Louis served as a fitting tribute to a joyful companion.  Luckily the wind cooperated and allowed the suit to bound gracefully around the city.<\/p>\n<p>A group of spectators awaited the inflation of the suit and more gathered as the red cones thrust into the sky.  After spinning around the Arch grounds I headed toward the Old Courthouse on Market Street.  Security guards at the courthouse did not know if they should take pictures with their cell phones or call for backup as I climbed the stairs to smash into the tall columns.  They decided to smile and take pictures.  Perplexed businessmen going to lunch attempted to dodge between parking meters and cars as I confronted them on the sidewalk. <\/p>\n<p>I turned on 16th Street toward Washington Avenue.  As the streets narrowed I abandoned the sidewalk and took a lane of traffic when necessary.  A sign caught one of the spikes and I needed to tie it of to keep the suit inflated.  As a I approached the river another sign attached to a lamppost tore a large hole in the suit and I let it deflate.  <\/p>\n<p>Later in the afternoon, Andrew James of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodcitizenstl.com\/\">Good Citizen Gallery<\/a> hosted a casual meet and greet for me.  There I took out <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimmykuehnle.com\/performance\/you_wear_what_i_wear\/you_wear_what_i_wear_inflatable_suit.php\">You Wear What I Wear<\/a><\/em> and ran around Gravois.  I enjoyed meeting everyone at the gallery.  Thank you to Andrew for the reception and than you to everyone that came out for the performance.  I hope you enjoyed it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a calm day under the Gateway Arch I unpacked Big Red for perhaps its last performance. The suit shows the wounds and scars from many exciting performances. My first performance in St. Louis served as a fitting tribute to a joyful companion. Luckily the wind cooperated and allowed the suit to bound gracefully around<a href=\"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/st-louis-inflatable-suit-performance\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554,"href":"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimmykuehnle.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}