The mascot of Berlin is the bear. To prove the point, hundreds of large fiberglass “Buddy” bears were made to decorate the city. They proved a big hit, and now they ravel the world almost as much as I do, although at a slower rate.
I found them all lined up in Buenos Aires, and they made me think of home. I decided to take a picture of every single one. Each is painted to represent a different country, so there are quite a lot. Instead of uploading all the photos individually I made this video. It runs through all the photos twice so you can get a better look.
Music by Goran Bregovic.
3 comments to this article
tektonick
on 2009/03/24 at 12:35 -
Very neat! The simultaneous gap in sound and video is clever and, for some curious reason, funny.
A while ago I saw those bears in Zurich – not lined up though, but spread out all over the city. And even longer ago I went to a concert of Fanfare Ciocarlia, a Roma brass band, which sounded very much like the video soundtrack. Two hours of that and your brain starts dripping out of your ears…
tektonick
on 2009/03/25 at 19:53 -
Hmm, according to the web site, the bears have never been to Zurich… I wonder what I saw there. Definitely bears, also all painted differently. Cheap knock-offs? What, in Switzerland?!
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