橡皮大黃鴨空降情人港 賣萌歡慶悉尼藝術節
SYDNEY Harbour is about to become a "huge bathtub", complete with a five storey-high Rubber Duck, all in the name of art.
一隻有五層樓高的橡皮大黃鴨在近日空降澳洲,悉尼的情人港即將成爲一個巨型的大浴缸,這一切都是爲了藝術。One of the quirky highlights of Sydney Festival 2013 will be Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's Rubber Duck, set to enter Cockle Bay as part of the Day One - The Arrival on Saturday afternoon.
這隻古怪的橡皮大黃鴨由荷蘭藝術家Florentijn Hofman設計而成,這也是2013年的悉尼藝術節的亮點之一。大黃鴨在週六下午抵達悉尼港,將在藝術節活動的第一天進入科克爾灣。The Rubber Duck enjoyed a dress rehearsal early Thursday morning ahead of its official launch. Sydney Festival production manager Mick Jessop has been overseeing construction of the giant toy-like sculpture for the past nine months.
週四早上,橡皮大黃鴨進行了正式亮相前的試水。在過去的九個月裏,悉尼藝術節的製作總監Mick Jessop一直都在監督着這隻巨型萌鴨的製作過程。
The Rubber Duck - made of a PVC material similar to jumping castles - was constructed in New Zealand by a company that specialises in sewing stadium rooftops and large sails.
橡皮大黃鴨由PVC材料製成,就相當於一個充氣城堡,由新西蘭一家專營體育館屋頂和大帆縫製的公司特製而成。"He's about 15m high by 15m wide and he's about 18m long," Mr Jessop said of the duck. "It took three people three weeks to sew it - it's about 6km of stitching. Twenty-five to 30 minutes is all it takes (to inflate), that's using four blowers."
Jessop先生在介紹橡皮大黃鴨的時候表示:“這隻鴨子有15米高,15米寬,而且長達18米。三個工人花了三週的時間才縫合好,縫線就有6公里長。用四個充氣泵充25到30分鐘才能把鴨子的氣充滿。”Spectators won't notice it from the shore, but the Rubber Duck, weighing in at 500kg, will be sitting on a 10-tonne barge, hidden by the surface of the water, to ensure it doesn't take flight in the event of high winds.
人們只要在海岸就一定可以看到這隻巨大鴨子,這隻鴨子重達500kg,放置在一艘10噸重的船上,不過船被水覆蓋了看不到,這樣才能確保鴨子不會跟着海浪跑了。