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Giant rubber duck returns to Hong Kong

Writer's picture: AfriHKa AfriHKa

The giant rubber ducks that passed through a sea trial at Tsing Yi last week will officially be on display at the Central and Western District Promenade of Victoria Harbour on June 10. The exhibition will mark the 10-year anniversary of when a huge 16-metre-high inflatable rubber duck first entered the city of Hong Kong in 2013, inspired by Dutch artist Florentjin Hofman’s Rubber Duck Project.

During the project's inaugural visit to Hong Kong a decade ago, it was on display for a month between May and June and attracted more than 8,000,000 visitors. It deflated mid-way through its time in the city, but was reinflated five days later and returned to its spot on Victoria Harbour, where it was on display.


The Rubber Duck was initially designed in 2007 by Hofman and has visited places such as Amsterdam, Sydney, Osaka, Seoul, Taiwan, and many other cities around the world. The design was inspired by a rubber duck made by a Hong Kong company called Tolo Toys.


The size of the ducks differs, depending on the city they are in. This year, the two ducks in Hong Kong are bigger than the 2013 version, at 18 metres high. The organisers of the 2023 event, AllRightsReserved, have not revealed for how long the ducks will be at their Admiralty location this time.



巨型橡皮鴨重返香港


上週通過青衣試航的巨型橡皮鴨,將於6月10日正式在維港中西區海濱長廊展出,是次大型16米長的橡皮鴨誕生十週年。 - 高充氣橡皮鴨於 2013 年首次進入香港,靈感來自荷蘭藝術家 Florentjin Hofman 的橡皮鴨項目。


在該項目十年前首次訪問香港期間,它在 5 月至 6 月期間展出了一個月,吸引了超過 8,000,000 名參觀者。它在這座城市中途放氣,但在五天后重新充氣並返回到它在維多利亞港的位置,並在那裡展出。


橡皮鴨最初由霍夫曼於 2007 年設計,曾走訪過阿姆斯特丹、悉尼、大阪、首爾、台灣等世界各地的城市。設計靈感來自一家名為 Tolo Toys 的香港公司生產的橡皮鴨。


鴨子的大小因所在城市而異。今年香港的兩隻鴨子比2013年的版本更大,高18米。 2023 年活動的組織者 AllRightsReserved 沒有透露這次鴨子將在他們的金鐘地點停留多長時間。

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