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Rubber Duck is any of several giant floating sculptures designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. These were built in various sizes, including one created in 2007 which is the largest rubber duck in the world, measuring 26 × 20 × 32 metres and weighing over 600 kg.[1][2][3]

Conception

The creator of the giant rubber duck, Florentijn Hofman, tried to entertain the world by a tour named "Spreading joy around the world" established in 2007. He aimed to recall everyone's childhood memories by exhibiting the duck in 14 cities, starting in his own Amsterdam, Netherlands.[3] The giant rubber duck was constructed with more than 200 pieces of PVC.[4] There is an opening at the back of the body so that architecture/ staff can perform body check to the rubber duck. Besides, there is an electric fan in its body so that it can be inflated any time, no matter if the weather was good or bad.[3]

Display

Since 2007, the ducks have been on display in Amsterdam, Lommel (Belgium), Osaka, Sydney Harbour, Sao Paulo and Hong Kong.[5] It is scheduled to go on display in Pittsburgh as its first US destination.[6] [dead link] In 2009, while on display in Belgium, vandals stabbed the Rubber Duck 42 times.[7]

According to the creator's website, the visiting ducks were sized as follows:

  • Hong Kong, May 2013 (14 × 15 × 16.5m)[8]
  • Sydney, January 2013 (13 × 14 × 15m)[9]
  • Osaka, December 2010 (10 × 11 × 13m)
  • Hasselt, July 2012 (12 × 14 × 16m)[10]
  • St. Nazaire, 2007 (26 × 20 × 32m)[11]
  • Onomichi, 2012 (10 × 11 × 13m)
  • Auckland, February 2011 (12 × 14 × 16m)
  • Sao Paulo, 2008 (12 × 14 × 16m)

The duck on display in Hong Kong, from 1 May to 9 June 2013, deflated on 15 May after losing air.[12] It was then re-inflated and was back to exhibition on 20 May.[7]

Big Yellow Duck

On June 4, 2013, Sina Weibo, China's most popular microblog, had blocked the terms "Today", "Tonight", "June 4", and "Big Yellow Duck". If these were searched, a message would appear stating that according to relevant laws, statutes and policies, the results of the search couldn't be shown. The censorship occurred because of a photoshopped version of Tank Man, which swapped all tanks with this sculpture, had been circulating around Twitter.[13]

References

  1. ^ Whitehead, Kate (2 May 2013). "Hong Kong's giant rubber duck". CNN Travel. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Reuze gele badeend". De Standaard.
  3. ^ a b c Sophia Sun (25 April 2013). "6個不可不知的Rubber Duck解碼". Yahoo!.
  4. ^ "EcoGreenGlobe – Hofman's Rubber Ducky Travels the World". Ecogreenglobe.com. 25 April 2012.
  5. ^ "First Day of Florentijn Hofman's Rubber Duck Exhibition in Hong Kong".
  6. ^ "Weird News | Odd and Strange News Stories". ABC News.
  7. ^ a b "Fowl play? Giant rubber duck drowns in Hong Kong". CNN Travel. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Rubber Duck Hong Kong 2013". Florentijn Hofman. www.florentijnhofman.nl. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Rubber Duck Sydney 2013". Florentijn Hofman. www.florentijnhofman.nl. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Rubber Duck Hasselt 2009". Florentijn Hofman. www.florentijnhofman.nl. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Canard de Bain St. Nazaire 2007". Florentijn Hofman. www.florentijnhofman.nl. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  12. ^ http://gbtimes.com/news/giant-rubber-duck-deflates-hong-kong
  13. ^ http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/censored-in-china-today-tonight-and-big-yellow-duck/?smid=tw-share
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