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Apostrophy’s Giant Floating Lotus in Thailand Offers Colorful Respite From Terrible Floods

11/25/2011
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    Every year Thai people pay their respects to the goddess of water during the floating festival called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loi_Krathong">Loi Krathong</a>, and this year the Udonthani provincial government and municipality commissioned <a href="http://www.apostrophys.com/projects/">Bangkok-based Apostrophy's</a> to design and float a giant lotus on floodwaters that engulfed not only Udonthani but many other parts of Thailand as well. Made of wire and fabric - on which kaleidoscopic images were projected - this beautiful project offered a colorful respite from the terrible floods.
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    The floating flower is made from wire and fabric, on which images are projected
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Floating Lotus by Apostrophys

Every year Thai people pay their respects to the goddess of water during the floating festival called Loi Krathong, and this year the Udonthani provincial government and municipality commissioned Bangkok-based Apostrophy's to design and float a giant lotus on floodwaters that engulfed not only Udonthani but many other parts of Thailand as well. Made of wire and fabric - on which kaleidoscopic images were projected - this beautiful project offered a colorful respite from the terrible floods.

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