Sculpture Made From 10,000 Flip Flops: Wonderful or Wasteful?
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2011/10/13 18:40:01
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You may be asking yourself: what does one do with thousands upon thousands of rubber flip flops? The answer? Build an awesome sculpture of course! Well, that's what Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman did at least.
With the help of local artists and students, Hofman created a 45-foot-long sculpture of a monkey...covered completely in 10,000 colorful flip flops. Called "Macaco Gordo" (or "The Fat Monkey" in English), the humongous piece of art is currently chilling at a park in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
With the help of local artists and students, Hofman created a 45-foot-long sculpture of a monkey...covered completely in 10,000 colorful flip flops. Called "Macaco Gordo" (or "The Fat Monkey" in English), the humongous piece of art is currently chilling at a park in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
The unique piece of art is definitely awesome, don't get us wrong. But we can't help but think that we could actually use a pair (or 10,000) of flip-flips...for our feet...to actually wear. Ours are getting pretty old. Do you think the flip-flop sculpture is wonderful -- or a little wasteful?
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- shygurl 2011/10/13 23:59:52Wonderful
+2wow this is cute hareply - Beatriz Nevarez 2011/10/13 23:54:56Wonderful+1Its amazing(:reply
- Autumn 2011/10/13 23:54:54Wonderful+1Both. But I think its great that the community was was involved in such a massive art project. It's good to see creativeness.reply
- sjalan 2011/10/13 23:44:35WastefulWhoever it was tht came up with this should donate it to Mit Romney as a reminder of his past.reply
- bree 2011/10/13 23:42:55WastefulIts Wonderful AND wasteful at the same time. THINK ABOUT THE AFRICAN CHILDREN!reply
- Toodlel... bree 2011/10/14 01:28:28 (edited)+2Then you give them 10,000 flip flops if it'll make you feel better.reply
- I <3 SuFin 2011/10/13 23:38:01Wonderfulit is better than wearing flip flops. i hate wearing them. it never occurred 2 me to make a sculpture out of themreply
- Andrea Rodriguez 2011/10/13 23:30:10Wonderful+1If you think about it if they're all old flip flops they are being reused.reply
- Emmy <3's Emokidd 2011/10/13 23:22:23Wonderful+1it is sooooo cute!reply
- tncdel 2011/10/13 23:19:37Wonderful+1Put it this way, he could sell it for a lot more than the flip-flops cost, then buy twice as many to donate to poor people and have a hefty chunk of change to put in his pocket.reply
- Keen Tojones 2011/10/13 23:19:28Wonderful+1It says so much! Yes, only in a capitalistic society could you find such pieces. Wasteful? What's a flip flop?reply
- ♥EnjoyTheSilenceWhileItsThere♥ 2011/10/13 23:14:56Wonderful+1that's pretty cool!reply
- music7car 2011/10/13 23:13:46Wonderful+1That is simply AMAZING !!!!! And it's really creative! (Had never heard of sculptures made out of flip flops .... NICE!) :Dreply
- M A 2011/10/13 22:30:24Wonderful+1thats pretty coolreply
- Sarah 2011/10/13 21:53:01Wonderful+1that thing is sooo freakin cool! :Dreply
- Simmysimfreak 2011/10/13 21:52:10Wastefulit looks pretty, but it would have been better if they were used and not new...reply
- www.sodahead.com/smithy 2011/10/13 21:46:11Wastefulthere will be a lot of bare feet out therereply
- brittany 2011/10/13 21:45:33Wonderfulthats cool.reply
- revolc.4trevlac 2011/10/13 21:35:00WastefulSome people don't even own a single pair of shoes. Donate these shoes!reply
- Melody 2011/10/13 21:31:39WonderfulNo one should be wearing such ugly shoes anyway.reply
- revena.correlltrnka 2011/10/13 21:27:50Wonderful+2
reply - Kell 2011/10/13 21:16:37Wonderful+1That is so cool!!reply
- Wahvlvke 2011/10/13 21:05:10WonderfulHow can you put a price on such wonderful art?reply
- Soup Man 2011/10/13 21:03:04WonderfulCoolreply
- chamchamgal 2011/10/13 21:01:15Wonderful+12I think the Tire Art is coolerreply
- tncdel chamcha... 2011/10/13 23:20:53+1Creative re-cycling costs virtually nothing.reply
- green eyes chamcha... 2011/10/14 00:04:30+1Love these!! Thanks for posting it!reply
- Flea chamcha... 2011/10/14 01:59:09+1At least this guy is recycling for his art, using a sturdy substance like vulcanized rubber... I can't stand idiotic art installations using stuff that's gonna end up in a landfill. You just know those flip flops are gonna rot after a few years....reply
- Saucy chamcha... 2011/10/14 17:54:39These are ace.reply
- Gray Pilgrim 2011/10/13 20:58:23Wonderful1 flip flop for every addict in Amstrerdam's needle parkreply
- billycat98 2011/10/13 20:53:53Wonderfulawesomereply
- MOMMA THOMAS 2011/10/13 20:47:17Wasteful+2THINK OF ALL THE POOR KIDS WHO COULD USE A PAIR OF FLIP FLOPS....reply
- Beatriz... MOMMA T... 2011/10/13 23:54:21Yeah,but what if the flipflops r torn then the kids wuldnt be able to wear them so i think its wonderful pice of art(: (though thats my opinion)reply
- kmay 2011/10/13 20:46:32WonderfulCleverreply
- Mechelle 2011/10/13 20:39:27WonderfulA little of both don't you think? But I have to admit it is really cool looking.reply
- CｻïCｻï xχx 2011/10/13 20:35:18Wonderfulbut only because its a monkey.reply
- twilight fanatic 2011/10/13 20:22:29Wonderfulthat's so cool cause i love flip flops!!!reply
- I NEED A HORSE 2011/10/13 20:21:44
- DANNY_B0i♛ 2011/10/13 20:21:32WonderfulTakes a lot of time and patience.reply
- SmithBandit 2011/10/13 20:21:05Wonderfulamazingreply
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