PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION TO BRING HOFMAN'S DUCK TO SANTA BARBARA!
The World's largest rubber duck was designed by by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman, who uses it to help raise awareness about artistic and cultural issues - and we what him to bring it to Santa Barbara.
PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION TO BRING HOFMAN'S DUCK TO SANTA BARBARA!
So why does a grown man make a mega rubber duck? According to an article in Cultural Cocktail 'Because he is an artist. Because he has the guts and doesn't shy away from things. But mainly because I want to make things that trigger something, preferably together with others, in between the rippling of everyday life.'
I believe that the Rubber Duck means a lot of things to a lot of people. It represents both a combination of happiness, innocence and nostalgia for your youth.
Hofman wants to use his duck to contribute to the removal of global tensions. 'Whether you're a drain cleaner or a bank manager, you can easily connect with the work. You don't need artistic baggage for that', explains Hofman. 'I love that you can bring people together and they can talk to each other about everything that makes them tick - the work, how it's made, where it's located - without making them feel stupid . I think that's why it's a good project.'
Florentijn Hofman once bought a large, laminated world map on which he indicated about twenty small, duck-shaped stickers where he wanted to present his rubber duck.
Some of those stickers have now been realized, but Hofman has not had enough and wants to send his rubber duck around the world until he is one hundred. - I hope someday Florentijn will consider brining it to Santa Barbara, CA.
All I know is that where ever the Rubber Duck goes, happiness and good things follow. Marco - Planet Duck.