9/19/2005: Giant pink bunny erected

Undertoad · 09-19-2005, 12:05 PM

This is the work of a Viennese art group called Gelatin their page about the item includes a doc file with more key details.

The bunny is 200 feet long -- a toy rabbit "knitted by dozens of grannies out of pink wool". The toy is expected to stay there, on the side of this 5,000 foot high mountain (Colletto Fava in northern Italy's Piedmont region) for 20 years, until 2025.

Gelatin says 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."

The artist statement in full:

Rabbit

The things one finds wandering in a landscape: familiar things and utterly unknown, like a flower one has never seen before, or, as Columbus discovered, an inexplicable continent;
and then, behind a hill, as if knitted by giant grandmothers, lies this vast rabbit, to make you feel as small as a daisy.
The toilet-paper-pink creature lies on its back: a rabbit-mountain like Gulliver in Lilliput. Happy you feel as you climb up along its ears, almost falling into its cavernous mouth, to the belly-summit and look out over the pink woolen landscape of the rabbitís body, a country dropped from the sky;
ears and limbs sneaking into the distance; from its side flowing heart, liver and intestines.
Happily in love you step down the decaying corpse, through the wound, now small like a maggot, over woolen kidney and bowel.
Happy you leave like the larva that gets its wings from an innocent carcass at the roadside.
Such is the happiness which made this rabbit.
i love the rabbit the rabbit loves me.

They expect hikers to find it, climb it, lie on it.

But unlike us, climbers at eye level will take their time making the ironic discovery... that the rabbit is figuratively dead. It's all warm and fuzzy until you realize that the beast's open mouth of horror, its odd configuration, its organs by its side... it has fallen out of the sky to its death.

melidasaur · 09-19-2005, 12:10 PM

It's going to start to stink after it gets rained on a few times. But... I know I would get all giddy if I got to climb on it.

Happy Monkey · 09-19-2005, 12:16 PM

Does anyone have an enormous piece of chalk to draw an outline around it?

Reminds me of Leisure town...

Hobbs · 09-19-2005, 01:04 PM

Some people...way too much time on their hands...way too much time.

Arrrgg!

LabRat · 09-19-2005, 01:32 PM

Nice idea, an adult playground toy. Too bad it isn't made to last. I was going to say it looked like it fell out of the sky...then finished reading and it turns out that is what is it supposed to look like.
*zips up flame suit*
Stupid. arrrgh!

barefoot serpent · 09-19-2005, 02:09 PM

oops...

Trilby · 09-19-2005, 05:41 PM

Personally, I'm offended by all ya'll. You all PERPORT to be all -whatever- "cool" and then really all you all...YOU KNOW! You are NOT! Plus, I've a lot of baby pitchers to take...for the tabloids...I'm a MOMMA, YA'ALL! Uh MOM-UH!!! Please, baby Jesus, Bless Mah Preston!!!!---and NO, I do NOt MEAN justin!!!!!!!"

lUV, bRIT

capnhowdy · 09-19-2005, 05:56 PM

I haven't seen pink toilet paper in years. I think this is a great work although I find it slightly distasteful to have the entrails puddled to his side. The writer who described the work has an extremely dark side. Must be Mr. King's relative. I guess we'll all have to wait and see if it lasts 20 years. I doubt that it will.
I bet it took a shitload of straw to make the foundation. The straw will soak up water,decay, and diminish. Most likely taking the yarn with it.

Quote:

Some people...way too much time on their hands...way too much time.

I must agree, Mr Hobbs.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-19-2005, 06:03 PM

That's very, very sick.

I think I like it.

Calamormine · 09-19-2005, 08:07 PM

Am I the only one who's thoughts were less than pure in reading "Giant pink bunny erected?" I mean, given the last photo...

capnhowdy · 09-19-2005, 09:07 PM

noone knows why UT does that.

And he ain't tellin'..........

capnhowdy · 09-19-2005, 09:08 PM

a near camel toe?

wolf · 09-20-2005, 01:59 AM

It might be fun to play on before it's out there too long and starts smelling bad.

Of course, Gelatin's piss icicle project started out disgusting, as was the "Lake Pipi Kaka" or whatever they called it.

Triple Yech with a side order of Eeeeeauw.

I really, really should not have looked at the "artists" (and I use the term very loosely) website.

Elspode · 09-22-2005, 02:56 PM

They should have dug a hole for the thing to lay in. It would have really sold the whole "fell from the sky" concept.

Lizsun · 09-24-2005, 06:44 PM

I'm sure glad that bunny didn't fall on me.

Me Strauss
http://lettingmebe.blogspot.com

09-19-2005, 12:05 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/19/2005: Giant pink bunny erected This is the work of a Viennese art group called Gelatin their page about the item includes a doc file with more key details. The bunny is 200 feet long -- a toy rabbit "knitted by dozens of grannies out of pink wool". The toy is expected to stay there, on the side of this 5,000 foot high mountain (Colletto Fava in northern Italy's Piedmont region) for 20 years, until 2025. Gelatin says 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." The artist statement in full: Rabbit The things one finds wandering in a landscape: familiar things and utterly unknown, like a flower one has never seen before, or, as Columbus discovered, an inexplicable continent; and then, behind a hill, as if knitted by giant grandmothers, lies this vast rabbit, to make you feel as small as a daisy. The toilet-paper-pink creature lies on its back: a rabbit-mountain like Gulliver in Lilliput. Happy you feel as you climb up along its ears, almost falling into its cavernous mouth, to the belly-summit and look out over the pink woolen landscape of the rabbitís body, a country dropped from the sky; ears and limbs sneaking into the distance; from its side flowing heart, liver and intestines. Happily in love you step down the decaying corpse, through the wound, now small like a maggot, over woolen kidney and bowel. Happy you leave like the larva that gets its wings from an innocent carcass at the roadside. Such is the happiness which made this rabbit. i love the rabbit the rabbit loves me. They expect hikers to find it, climb it, lie on it. But unlike us, climbers at eye level will take their time making the ironic discovery... that the rabbit is figuratively dead. It's all warm and fuzzy until you realize that the beast's open mouth of horror, its odd configuration, its organs by its side... it has fallen out of the sky to its death.

09-19-2005, 12:10 PM	#2
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	It's going to start to stink after it gets rained on a few times. But... I know I would get all giddy if I got to climb on it. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

09-19-2005, 12:16 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Does anyone have an enormous piece of chalk to draw an outline around it? Reminds me of Leisure town... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-19-2005, 01:04 PM	#4
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	Some people...way too much time on their hands...way too much time. Arrrgg! __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

09-19-2005, 01:32 PM	#5
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Nice idea, an adult playground toy. Too bad it isn't made to last. I was going to say it looked like it fell out of the sky...then finished reading and it turns out that is what is it supposed to look like. zips up flame suit Stupid. arrrgh! __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

09-19-2005, 02:09 PM	#6
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	oops...

09-19-2005, 05:41 PM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Personally, I'm offended by all ya'll. You all PERPORT to be all -whatever- "cool" and then really all you all...YOU KNOW! You are NOT! Plus, I've a lot of baby pitchers to take...for the tabloids...I'm a MOMMA, YA'ALL! Uh MOM-UH!!! Please, baby Jesus, Bless Mah Preston!!!!---and NO, I do NOt MEAN justin!!!!!!!" lUV, bRIT __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-19-2005, 06:03 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's very, very sick. I think I like it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-19-2005, 08:07 PM	#10
Calamormine Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 6	Am I the only one who's thoughts were less than pure in reading "Giant pink bunny erected?" I mean, given the last photo...

09-19-2005, 09:07 PM	#11
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	noone knows why UT does that. And he ain't tellin'.......... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

09-19-2005, 09:08 PM	#12
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	a near camel toe? __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

09-20-2005, 01:59 AM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It might be fun to play on before it's out there too long and starts smelling bad. Of course, Gelatin's piss icicle project started out disgusting, as was the "Lake Pipi Kaka" or whatever they called it. Triple Yech with a side order of Eeeeeauw. I really, really should not have looked at the "artists" (and I use the term very loosely) website. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-22-2005, 02:56 PM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	They should have dug a hole for the thing to lay in. It would have really sold the whole "fell from the sky" concept. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-24-2005, 06:44 PM	#15
Lizsun Complex Simpleton Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 18	I'm sure glad that bunny didn't fall on me. Me Strauss http://lettingmebe.blogspot.com

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