These large plastic pieces of art have slowly made their way across the Atlantic Ocean and are making themselves at home in multiple public areas including Maurice Gibb Memorial Park, Lummus Park and the Venetian Causeway. They will slowly be moved over time until they all are gathered in Collins Park by mid-December.
The purpose of this installation, which is created out of recycled plastic, is to promote environmental consciousness.
Forty-five 8 foot tall and 11 foot wide snails are here from November 18 to January 3, courtesy of international artistic collective Cracking Art Group and Italy's renowned Galleria Ca d'Oro.
They are part of a program called REgeneration Art Project, which has also had other colored animal installations in cities including:
- Paris
- Milan
- Rome
- Venice
- Tornio
- Prague
Gloria Porcella, co-owner of Galleria Ca' d'Oro told the Miami Herald,
"We run and we work too much, and the snail is one of the slowest animals on earth. The concept is the snail wants us to think about ourselves and they want to teach us something. We run, run, run but what are we reaching? What are our goals? We are destroying our planet.''
Do you think the giant pink snails will serve their purpose of making locals more environmentally conscious?
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