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。