Surprised people in the US saw a body hanging from the top of a building. They called the police, but the body turned out to be a life-sized sculpture of Sigmund Freud.
The sculpture is a piece of art by a Czech sculptor. The work, called Man Hanging Out, shows Freud suspended by one hand from a pole. It's placed seven stories high up on top of the Trade Center Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Sculptor David Cerny's work also has appeared in Prague and London and was displayed in Chicago over the summer.
Cerny's works tend to be controversial . In Prague in 1991 he painted a Soviet tank pink.
The Grand Rapids police and fire departments said they were not told about the statue's placement. The owner of a local art gallery said she has a permit for it.
The Cerny sculpture will be in Grand Rapids until spring.
(Staff Writer, with AP)
一些美國民眾看到樓頂吊著一個人而飽受驚嚇。他們打電話報警,但結果那只是西格蒙.佛洛伊德真人大小的雕像。
該雕像是捷克雕塑家的作品,取名為「懸掛在外的男人」,雕刻的是佛洛伊德一手握著竿子懸吊著。它被高掛在密西根州大湍流市、七層樓高的貿易中心頂樓。
雕塑家大衛.柯尼的作品曾在布拉格和倫敦展出,今年夏天則是在芝加哥展示。
柯尼的作品頗富爭議性。他於一九九一年在布拉格時,把一輛蘇維埃的坦克車漆成粉紅色。
大湍流市的警察局和消防隊說,他們並未被告知雕像的擺設,當地藝廊的女主人則說她有取得許可證。
此作品將在該市展示到春天。
(美聯社/翻譯:張愛弟)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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