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Rubber Duck turned into 24 rocking chairs
The rubber duck on Seokchon lake in Jamsil, southern Seoul, on Oct. 14, 2014. / Korea Times file
By Kim Bo-eun
By Kim Bo-eun
Do you remember a giant rubber duck floating on Seokchon Lake in southern Seoul last year? Yes, the yellow one that had to be re-inflated after it went flat.
The duck, which was 16.5 meters wide and long, 19.8 meters tall and weighed close to 1 ton, was deflated and stored in a warehouse after its exhibition.
Now, it has gained a new lease on life not as a duck but, well, as rocking chairs _ 24 to be exact as part of an art exhibition.
An exhibition recycling the remnants of the rubber duck is opening at Lotte Department Store in Yeongdeungpo today. The exhibition will run through March 31.
"We designed this project so that we could once again show the rubber duck, a symbol of love and healing, to the public," a senior official at Lotte Department Store said.
The ceiling and floor of the exhibition hall are associated with wind and water, so when visitors sit on the chair they are able to get the feeling that they are on a rubber duck floating on water.
On the rooftop park of the department store, six rubber duck model chairs for children have been installed.
Some 5 million people visited Seokchon Lake in Jamsil, southern Seoul, to see the duck last October and November.