BEACHED WHALE

I saw this today in the news and loved it as it is only  few steps removed from what I am trying to do and on a much more physical sense too! It seems hoaxes can be art even when they are huge whale sculptures! Great way to highlight the environmental issues too.

PARIS—A sperm whale appears to have beached on an embankment in the shadow of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Or maybe not. A Belgian artists’ collective installed a very real-looking, life-size whale sculpture Friday alongside the Seine River, eliciting surprise and concern from tourists and Parisians alike. Bart Van Peel, a member of the collective, said the installation is about raising environmental awareness and awakening “the child in everyone who still is puzzled about what is real and what is not.”

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/07/21/beached-whale-appears-beneath-notre-dame-in-paris-for-art-and-awareness.html