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Rabbit

Monday, 22nd May 2006 by James

1600m up the mountain Colletto Fava in Piemonte, Italy we find a quite unusal sight - a giant 60m tall pink rabbit. But before you go “Aww, that’s cute” notice that his woolen guts are spilling out onto the mountainside.

Then giant wool bunny is the work of Gelitin, a group of artists from Vienna, who explain “It’s supposed to make you feel small, like Gulliver. You walk around it and you can’t help but smile.”. The rabbit is expected to stay there until 2025 and hikers are invited to climb atop the “belly-summit” for a view over the village of Artesina below.

Thanks: MrPumpernickel

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6 Responses to 'Rabbit'

  1. 1. Mark Ross says: May 22nd, 2006 at 9:26 pm

    Damn you, Mr. Pumpernickel! I’ve been trying to post this one for months, but the satellite had not been updated and there was no resolution. I guess that recently changed… :\

  2. 2. Babaganoosh says: May 22nd, 2006 at 10:07 pm

    Hmmm… hasn’t this been posted already?
    *searches*
    …guess not.

  3. Google Sightseeing Admin
    3. Alex says: May 23rd, 2006 at 12:54 am

    I wanted to post this! Boo.

    Babaganoosh, I think that (seeing as I knew that this rabbit existed), there must have been a discussion about it here somewhere, but the imagery is new, so it couldn’t have been posted before.

    Damn cool though.

    P.S. That Gelitin site is not exactly SFW…

  4. 4. Luke says: May 24th, 2006 at 4:01 pm

    Well maybe a giant badger…

  5. 5. Kirk says: May 25th, 2006 at 8:51 pm

    Looks Gromit of “Wallace & Gromit” fame

  6. 6. amio cajander says: July 13th, 2006 at 1:31 pm

    UPDATE:

    incredible: ground level shoots and story of the Place.

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