Halfway through day 2 the band of Lilliputians is making quite a bit of progress.  As reported by Keith Hoop, one of the volunteers, the arms are full, the support lines have been lowered from the third floor windows of the BOB and anchors placed in the facade of the building.  The team now awaits the arrival of the Forklift to "hoist the baby up."  Once on stage the body will be filled with foam on loan from Michigan Foam and they head will be filled through the third floor windows by Air Pouch of Michigan.

Questions have been posted by Grand Rapids residents on local news sites in regards to what will happen to the materials from the 1265 art installations that make up Art Prize.  In the case of Jonathan Haner, all materials will either be reused by the companies that supplied them or shipped back to Sweden courtesy of the companies that made the trip over possible.  The combined efforts of Active Air Cargo and BDP International made it possible for the 850 pounds of canvas used for the body of the baby to safely make it from Sweden to the United States.

The team of 15 plus volunteers assisting in the construction consist of friends and local art students intruiged by Jonathan's vision.  Look for updates to this exciting installation and a preview of other artists participating in Artprize, which will award $250,000.00 to the first place contestant and nine additional cash prizes for the runners up.  View more on the artist and the event at... http://www.artprize.org/artist/id/185  or past work by the artist at www.jonathanhaner.com and www.teresaholmberg.com