Chicago-based arts collective Floating Museum displayed this spectacular four-faced bust of the city’s oft-overlooked founders, its indigenous peoples and people of color, along the CTA Green Line in the summer and fall of 2019. The faces portray the first non-native man to settle in what would become Chicago, the French Hatian Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable; his wife, Potawatomi tribe member Kitihawa; former Chicago mayor Harold Washington; and the face of a child.
"The speed of production was remarkable. We now have eight Hot Stuff balloons that will travel all over the USA to invite people to try our great-tasting pizza."
"This year’s event was the highest attended in some time, and the [inflatable] astronaut, front and center on our Portico, was a great visible draw from all over the area."