Sunday, September 28, 2008

La Princesse: Arachnophobics Beware!

While I don’t dislike spiders, I am also not the sort who would willingly watch a film like Arachnophopia, so I am fairly sure that I would not like to meet a 50 foot spider either. Arachnophobics, beware, there is a giant mechanical spider around, designed and operated by French performance art company La Machine. Its called La Princesse and was showcased in Liverpool, England, as part of the 2008 European Capital of Culture celebrations, travelling around the city between 3-7 September.

This Shelob-ish (evil thing in spider form from Lord of the Rings) creature moves, it sprays water on passersby, it climbs buildings etc.

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