As you may have read from my previous entries, I enjoy visiting "animal parades" that are organised by a community to encourage an interest in the arts as well as to raise money for charity. There are a few of these taking place in the UK this year, and I have been looking forward to them since the beginning of this year. (Past ones that I have created entries for include Spot the Lions in Bath Using Mobile Barcode Technology, Visiting the 'Swans of Wells' Art Sculptures, Wow! Gorillas in Bristol, and Parading Artistic Elephants in London.)
Today, I went on a rhino-spotting walk around the city of Soutampton. I was not the only one; the warm weather did not keep everyone indoors. I had a lovely time discovering the rhinos. I've posted a few of my favourite photographs of these and managed to track down all of the ones in the centre of Southampton in a couple of hours.
Beatrix - Stewart Waite Davidson designed for Terence O'Rourke.
Go! Rhinos has been launched by Marwell Zoo for its 40th anniversary. The event was launched this weekend and continues until the 22nd of September. The rhinos will all be on display in the middle of October at Marwell Zoo. The charity helps the conservation of wild rhinos.
Glint. Sven Odendaal.
All of the rhinos have been designed by local artists, and each is unique. These include painted, mosaic, mirror, and electronic rhinos. One of the rhinos (located in Marlands Shopping Centre) could interact with visitors by making rhino noises when certain parts of it were touched; it also had LED lights on its head to make it light up, and its ears could move.
From top: Will Rosie for Skandia. Artism for Ordnance Survey. Laura Schillemore for Mazars. Damien Jeffery for 3663.
From top: Totton College art students for Totton College. Drew Saunders for Crest Nicholson. Sian Storey for Festival Place.
From top: Natalie Guy for Wave 105. David McDiarmid for Balfour Beatty Living Places. Sian Storey for Radcliffe and Co. Richard Taunton Sixth Form College for 'Mrs. Hearty' for Wessex Heartbeat.
Keep reading my blog over the coming weeks to see photographs of other animal parades. For more information about Go! Rhinos, visit the following official website for the event: http://gorhinos.co.uk/
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