Artists carry rubber ducks to travel around the world to attract people to "collective children"
When a huge yellow rubber duck swims leisurely in Victoria Harbour, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, the people on the shore have been patiently happy. The busy urban scene is instantly transformed into a happy childhood memories. This yellow duck, which only makes people's mood "one second easy", was born in the hands of the artist Florentine Hoffman. He traveled through most of the earth with his installations, transcending race and religion. , age and any political meaning, spreading and releasing the most instinctive happiness in human nature.
Rubber duck picks up the craze
“Going to see the big yellow duck!†has become the fashionable rhetoric of people who have recently traveled to Hong Kong for business or travel. This embarrassing giant rubber duck arrived in Hong Kong in April this year, and in the hope of people, finally in May. On the 2nd, it was assembled and inflated successfully. It began to shake its round body and leisurely meet the world in Victoria Harbour. For a moment, the bustling modern, high-rise Victoria Harbour seems to be transformed into a huge "bathtub" that provokes and calls for happy childhood memories.
Of course, it is not easy to make such a behemoth swim in the Victoria Harbour. It consists of only 200 pieces of huge PVC plastic sheet. The duck is 16.5 meters high and weighs 600 kilograms. It needs a medium-sized tugboat when playing in the water. The towing, along with several boats, will be accompanied by the boat's staff to control the direction of its movement.
Since 2007, this big yellow duck has traveled to 12 cities in 10 countries including Osaka, Australia, Sydney, Sao Paulo, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Everywhere you go, you will be warmly concerned by the local community. The debut of the region, Dahuang duck can attract more than 300,000 people to visit the site every day, so that the bustling Victoria Harbour is more crowded and lively on weekdays. Even the busy star, Andy Lau, has specially adjusted the schedule to visit this one. Meng duckling."
When the rhubarb duck floated in the turquoise waters of Victoria Harbour, there were always countless camera lenses to follow it, and some even used it as a playmate for childhood bathing, wearing a bath towel to take a photo with it. On Weibo, all kinds of ridiculous and confusing paragraphs are endless, "for the Dahuang duck with a line", it has become a topic of interest.
Bring people to laugh
The giant inflatable yellow rubber duck, 16.5 meters high and 19 meters long, was designed by Dutch artist Hoffmann. According to Hoffman, this embarrassing rhubarb duck has embarked on a journey through the world since 2007. Now it has traveled on the water including 10 Osaka, Japan, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 12 cities in the country. Every time the rhubarb duck attracts the crazy pursuit of local fans, it brings surprises and laughter to people. To a great extent, it realizes the original intention of the artist's creation. The rubber duck is the image of childhood in the world and can treat the trauma of everyone's heart. , relax, no borders, no discrimination, no political connotation.
The Dutch artist Florentine Hoffman, the creator of the "Da Yellow Duck", was also affectionately called "Duck Dad" by the media and the public. This kind of craze certainly made "Daddy Duck" Hoffman happy, he was accepting The interview said: Asians reacted directly to the duck. When they saw it, they immediately shouted "WOW!"; Europeans often think of the meaning behind many works, which in turn weakens them to see the work. When the surprise. Just a few years ago, at the beginning of his creation of this work, he said: "The rubber duck has no national boundaries, can treat the soul and spread happiness." In this sense, perhaps that simple and direct emotional expression, It seems to be the perfect interpretation of the work.
Although the 12 times of the rhubarb duck parade is not fixed, the organizers and the reasons for the activities are different, but because of the difficulty in transporting hundreds of kilograms of ducks over long distances, the rubbery yellow ducks in the water are all required by the manufacturers at the exhibition. Specially customized, the main material is PVC. In view of the water characteristics and safety protection of the activity site, the rubber-red duck inflated is completed on site. If the winds and waves in the waters are large, in order to prevent the unsafe factors caused by the inflated rhubarb ducks, the rhubarb ducks will not float on their own, but will be fixed at a fixed location by the boat that is parked under the water.
Outside the wall
Although the big yellow duck is famous all over the world, it is not well known in the Netherlands. The reporter of the Global Times asked the Dutch friends around him. The first reaction of most people was to squat, and then asked if this is not a tub duck? How did it become so big and went to the sea? Almost every child in the Netherlands when taking a bath, the favorite of the rubber duck is the companionship of the rubber duck. From the time of the baby to the ignorant teenager, it is indispensable. In fact, the image of the duck is everywhere in the life of the Netherlands. The ditch rivers in the Netherlands are vertical and horizontal, and there are many wild birds including ducks. On the waters of various canals, you can see groups of ducks playing around in all seasons. Free life and plenty of food make the ducks very fit, chasing each other and even trying to go straight into the sky. Meters, flying distances of more than ten meters.
In addition to the world-famous fairy tale "Ugly Duckling" that many children know, the Dutch and Japanese artists also created the story of a duckling wearing a Dutch wooden shoe. In addition to the ordinary yellow rubber duck, the Netherlands also made a smiley duck, which is a simple and bright smile on the image of the tub duck, which adds a sense of joy. There are also some duck-related sayings in the Netherlands, such as "running into the ducks in the group", meaning that a group of people are doing something, suddenly running one person to do something else, similar to the "uninvited guest" that the Chinese say. Newspaper comprehensive report
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Film: These 200 pieces of PVC film are all designed by Duck Daddy to make the rubber duck feel real and intimate.
Operation: The fan in the body injects air into the body of the rubber duck for a long time, constantly cheering on it.
Entrance: The original rubber duck also has a door! There is a zipper position in the patpat position, but the children's shoes are disappointed, because this exit is only for the staff to use for the rubber duck for physical examination, can not visit.
Floating: Do you know why the rubber duck can float in comfort? Originally there was a 13-meter-diameter floating bed at the bottom of the rubber duck, so he can safely meet with you!
Base: Don't let the rubber duck have a chance to escape? The secret is the three special 3-ton stone codes that can be used to secure the rubber duck in the sea.
Cable: The waterproof electric plaque relies on the power supply on the shore to drive the fan. Without the power supply, we will not see a rubber duck full of "positive energy"!
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Florentine Hoffman
A contemporary conceptual artist, born in Delft, the Netherlands in 1977, began publishing his work after receiving a master's degree in art at the Weissensee School of Art in Berlin in 2001.
The first large-scale installation, Vlaardingen, was completed in 2003 and caused a good response. After acquiring a master's degree in art at the Weissensee School of Art in Berlin, Hoffmann set out to create his "masterpiece". In 2003, in the town of Vlaardingen in the south of the Netherlands, Hoffmann used the local abandoned wood with the help of the surrounding residents. It took 3 months to complete the 10.5-meter-high work – laying Hoff The basis of Mann's artistic concept. Hoffman's "Fat Monkey" for the Pixel Show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2010, maximizes his regional thinking. In the work, Hoffman and local students, with 10,000 Brazilian-known Havaianas flip-flops, created a giant monkey lying among the trees, the colorful colors of the slippers are passionate Brazilian flavor. In the Open Art Biennial held in Örebro, Sweden this summer, the 16-meter-high "The Big Yellow Rabbit" was based on locally produced yellow wall panels. The toy rabbit figure accidentally fell from the sky. The inverted green onion fell on the square commemorating the Swedish great man Engel Blaket and transformed into another occupational revolution full of playfulness and ridicule.
This is the case with Florentine Hoffman, who uses the world as a playground to develop a variety of possible relationships between public spaces and the public, and to bring a “great†surprise to life. If Hoffman wants to use art to convey any information or ideas, it would be better to say that he wants people to regain the innocent vision that has not been instilled in the system, and to release the most instinctive happiness in human nature.
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