An even bigger version of the yellow Rubber Duck that has made waves in cities worldwide – most recently in Hong Kong – has found a permanent home in Keelung, Taiwan, beginning in mid-December, the AFP reports.
The art installation – which will be about 5 feet taller than the 54-foot duck that was floating in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor – is still under construction, but it already has a Facebook fan page called “Rubber Duck Welcome to Keelung,” which boasts more than 700 messages from well-wishers. Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman posted a photo of the inflatable artwork being sewn together on his Facebook page.
The duck made such a splash in Hong Kong this Spring that Taiwanese travel agencies started organizing “yellow duck” trips to the city. Copycats started popping up around mainland China and sales of toy rubber ducks – and yellow cakes shaped like rubber ducks – soared.
Crisis struck when the installation deflated for a week due to “maintenance problems,” morphing into what some called a floating “fried egg.” The oversized bath toy even stirred up controversy when a photoshopped version of the iconic 1989 image in Tiananmen Square substituted tanks with the rubber duck. Internet searches for “yellow duck” were subsequently blocked throughout mainland China
Since 2007, the duck has toured 13 cities in nine different countries across the globe – everywhere from Australia to Brazil.
沒搶到頭香，變「鴨」軸！基隆市議長黃景泰（左）昨與荷蘭藝術家霍夫曼（右）開記者會宣布，高18公尺、重1000公斤黃色小鴨，12月21日將划進基隆海洋廣場展期6周。霍夫曼曾聽說基隆市民不快樂，但他發現基隆港像幅畫，驚訝說：「很難想像基隆人不快樂！」
參考資料：
蘋果日報
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/headline/20130821/35236867
newsfeed新聞網
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/07/25/rubber-duck-finds-permanent-home-in-taiwan/
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