Artists erect giant pink bunny on mountain

[softgrey]

*Ananova:*
Artists erect giant pink bunny on mountain

An enormous pink bunny has been erected on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years.

The 200-foot-long toy rabbit lies on the side of the 5,000 foot high Colletto Fava mountain in northern Italy's Piedmont region.

Viennese art group Gelatin designed the giant soft toy and say it was "knitted by dozens of grannies out of pink wool".

Group member Wolfgang Gantner said: "It's supposed to make you feel small, like Gulliver. You walk around it and you can't help but smile."

And Gelatin members say the bunny is not just for walking around - they are expecting hikers to climb its 20 foot sides and relax on its belly.

The giant rabbit is expected to remain on the mountain side until 2025.




http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1541732.html

 

[Erin]

...what the blazes...?

 

[Hipkitten]

For some odd reason, this appeals to me. Seriously. I've got to go see this thing

 

[yourbestfriend]

wow this is random...and knitted by dozens of grannines

 

[.francesca]

this reminds me of something that that maniac christo would do

i get it, but i can't believe it's expected to stay there for 20 years. that seems a bit much to me. maybe i don't get it after all.

 

[Jenner8675309]

Thats awesome

 

[fashionista-ta]

Geez, the Italians have gone nuts ...

 

[yourbestfriend]

how do you preserve a bunny that has been knit from the weather and animals?....i dont get it...

is it stuffed?
is it filled with something?
how does it hold itself up?

 

[spiralsnowman]

I love it. Reminds me of those Easter marshmallow "Peeps"

 

[Elegance.Is.Refusal.]

i just had to look at this thread when i saw the title

its the bes thing ever the only strange are i think is fantastic! i would love to go and see it in person for the novelty of it all <--- this little fella only seems appropriate!

 

[fourboltmain]

I love this. It looks like it ate some shrooms in the cow pasture and decided to lay out and enjoy the clouds. How dows that song go?

"Little bunny foo foo, something something something, bopped them on the head"

?!?

 

[tiffany]

how do you preserve a bunny that has been knit from the weather and animals?....i dont get it...

is it stuffed?
is it filled with something?
how does it hold itself up?

It's a magic bunny

 

[shambles]

By 2005 it won't be pink anymore. I like it though

 

[Tushka_BeLLa]

I want to "relax on its belly" !!! Thats gorgeous it looks like so much fun !!! I wonder where they stored it while they were in the process of making it?? Is it alot of pieces sewn together?? And how do they expect it to last until 2025, is it element-proof?

 

[purechris]

I saw this the other day.......I it, but I bunnies......

I would SO climb it to relax in its belly and eat peeps and drink champagne

 

[battles]

*scratches head sheepishly*

 

[PrinceOfCats]

I was reading this in the library, and I only saw the words 'erect giant pink'. Oh dear.

 

[faust]

I was reading this in the library, and I only saw the words 'erect giant pink'. Oh dear.

Hmmm, modern art... gotta love it

 

[softgrey]

Geez, the Italians have gone nuts ...

no no...it's the austrians who've erected the bunny...


the italians are just watching with amusement...like the rest of us...


so the austrians must be nuts??...

 

[.francesca]

more pictures

http://www.gelitin.net/mambo/images/set_albumName,rabbit/include,view_album.php

http://cellar.org/iotd.php?t=9188&site=fark

apparently it was supposed to have fallen out of the sky..hence its poor face and the guts on the side

it's so sad!