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"Little people" artist Slinkachu (featured on Neatorama before) created this clever installation of his tiny people playing on a tiny waterslide (what fun!)
I got back from Fame Festival in Southern Italy last week, after spending a few days making installations around the city. I made six in all, including a few that used miniature speakers and mp3 players to add sound. The one above had a speaker hidden in the drain that played sounds of screaming kids and splashing – check out the video below. I will be posting more soon, including a video showing the reactions of Grottaglie’s residents to one of the sound installations.
More pics and a video clip after the jump: more …
120 little people live in a village near Kunming, China. The village was set up to protect the dwarves from discrimination. You can’t live there if you are over 4 feet 3 inches tall.
Now the group has turned itself into a tourist attraction by building mushroom houses and living and dressing like fairy tale characters.
“As small people we are used to being pushed around and exploited by big people. But here there aren’t any big people and everything we do is for us,” said spokesman Fu Tien.
You have to wonder if there are exceptions to the community rules for normal sized children of the current residents when they pass the height limit. Link
(Image credit: Harry Kerr/BIPs/Getty Images)
