RON HENGGELER

The two-story illuminated blow-up bunnies have been touring the world before arriving at the steps of San Francisco's City Hall.

 

 

The rabbits are made of Nylon 21OD, air blowers, and 55w LED floodlights

 

 

While most people who see the rabbits are charmed by these flop-eared visitors, for the Australian-artist Amanda Parer, they carry a serious message. When humans introduced rabbits into Australia they became an invasive species that has wreaked havoc on the environment. So, while some see these as cute bunnies, others can view them as a warning about man’s ability to alter the environment in a big way.

 

 

 

 

To the artist, rabbits are animals of contradiction. While they often connote a furry innocence, rabbits are considered an invasive pest in the artist's native Australia, where they have caused a great imbalance to the country's natural and delicately balanced ecosystems since they were first introduced by white settlers in1788. Through INTRUDE, Parer hopes people with thoughtfully consider how humans can change and dominate the envionrment.

(Taken from the sign posted at the installation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The giant rabbits are currently traveling throughout North America, making stops in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Toronto, New York, Houston, Los Angeles, Denver, and Memphis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"White Rabbit"

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice
When she was just small

When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head
Feed your head

Jefferrson Airplane 1967