Giant rabbits have appeared on the South Perth foreshore in March, as part of the Fiesta Festival.
The City of South Perth's arts and events co-ordinator Sabrina Bruni told 6PR Radio the giant, illuminated and inflatable rabbits would appear along the South Perth Foreshore from March 15 to 21.
They will be at various locations along the foreshore, some as tall as seven metres, others as long as seven metres.
Ms Bruni couldn't reveal exactly how many rabbits would be on the foreshore but did confirm they would multiply through the week.
"As part of the festival we have a theme called transformation, which is all about transformation of spaces. We thought what better way to transform our iconic foreshore," Ms Bruni said.
The rabbits, designed by Australian Amanda Parer, were originally made for the Vivid Light Festival in Sydney.
After the giant rabbits make their Perth debut, they will then travel to France, the UK and US.
Fiesta 2015 will run from March 8-21.
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South Perth Fiesta 2015
FIESTA returns in 2015 to ‘Transform’ our City as we celebrate the City’s past, present and future identity. Throughout 7 - 21 March see illuminating public art, roving food vans dotted along our streets and temporary play areas popping up in unique spaces across the City!
New in 2015, Fiesta will partner with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival to co-present the Perth heat of the Deadly Funny comedy competition. All the way from Tasmania and fresh from Vivid Festival in Sydney, artist Amanda Parer brings her oversized glowing rabbits to the City’s foreshores as part of her temporary art installation, ‘Intrude’.
Festival favourite, the Angelo Street Marketplace will once again return on the 8 March and will feature more stalls, stages, food, pop up bars and fashion.
In 2015 the Fiesta Concert will feature iconic Australian band, Thirsty Merc. Straight off the back of their AAA album tour, Thirsty Merc will perform all their favourites such as ‘Someday, Someday’ and ‘In the Summertime’ plus showcase the acoustic hits from their recent album. The Concert will commence from 5pm on Saturday 21 March and will include pre-show entertainment, kids’ activities and a food vendor area. Indie pop newcomer Montaigne will get the stage activities underway followed by The Jungle Giants who promise to energize the evening with their infectious catchy tunes! The event will conclude with the spectacular Pagoda Resort & Spa fireworks to mark the finale of this two week summer celebration.
Keep an eye out for the programme distributed to all City households in February 2015 or download a copy of the programme here.
