Dozens of giant pink snails have invaded Miami Beach in what appears to be a bizarre cartoon migration along Florida’s sun soaked coast, but is fact an art project to promote a clean environment.
The international REgeneration Art Project, which has already made its mark in Paris, Milan and Prague among other cities, will remain in this tourist-favored beach community until Jan. 3, said organizers Cracking Art Group.
The 45 colorful mollusks, which are made of recycled plastic, are intended to “play with the city in order to rebuild it ideally and mentally,” said the international artistic collective Cracking Art Group, which has joined forces with Italy’s Galleria Ca d’Oro for the project.
PHOTO: AFP 照片：法新社
Placed throughout the city, the huge pink snails are “designed to inspire a community-wide conversation about the importance of recycling and its environmental impact, while leaving a potent artistic trace on the Miami Beach community,” said the organizers.
According to the group’s Web site, there were three reasons for choosing snails for the project.
They are connected to hearing because snail shells resemble the human ear, and they are connected to living because snails carry their homes with them wherever they go.
Lastly, there is a connection with current technology because the “@” symbol looks like a snail shell, the Web site says.
(AFP WITH STAFF WRITER)
數十個粉紅色巨型蝸牛最近入侵邁阿密海灘，看起來好似漫畫角色從書中跳出來，活靈活現地出現在充滿陽光的佛羅里達海岸，但這事實上只是個推廣整潔環境的藝術計畫。
主辦單位Cracking Art Group表示，已在巴黎、米蘭與布拉格等城市展出的國際性REgeneration Art Project藝術計畫，將於這充滿觀光客的海灘社區持續到一月三日。
與義大利的Galleria Ca d’Oro合作承接這個案子的國際藝術集團Cracking Art Group表示，這四十五個色彩鮮豔，以回收塑膠製成的軟體動物，主要功能是「為了在理念上與精神上重建這座城市而與它玩個遊戲。」
主辦單位表示，這些散佈於城市中的蝸牛「目的在喚起人們對於整個社區資源回收利用重要性的意識，以及資源回收對環境的衝擊，同時也在邁阿密海灘社區留下重要的藝術蹤跡。」
根據集團網站，選擇蝸牛當作計畫的主角有三個原因。
網站表示，這些蝸牛與聽覺有關，因為蝸牛的形狀有如人類的耳朵。蝸牛也跟居住有關，因為它們背著自己的家到處跑。最後，蝸牛也跟科技有關，因為它們長得像「@」符號。
（法新社／翻譯：吳岱璟）
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