Design
Plastic Bag Creation of the Day: The Slugs of Angers
Move over balloon animals. There's a new game in town.
In the 12th century, Angers was home to the Plantagenets, the line that later ruled England for more than 300 years. This September, Angers was home to two giant slugs, beautiful, vibrant creatures that spent eight days ascending the gently sloped staircase to the Cathedral of Angers.
The occasion was the Accroche-Coeurs, a performing arts festival that has taken place in Angers each September since 1999. The man behind the slugs was Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, whose work more often than not invokes the Greek tradition of giant model animals hanging around cities.