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The city of Harbin is famous for its ice and snow art. Every year, since 1985, this former Russian enclave has put on an Ice Festival that could rival Walt Disney’s imagination in creating whole new worlds. This year frost-o-philes will find a little special something to stimulate both the eyes and ears as the International Snow-Sculpture Art Festival has created the world’s first fully playable ice piano. According to the Daily Times, the piano “can automatically play more than 30 classic piano pieces. And tourists can play the piano themselves.”
What do you guys think? Is this art or just something for the birds?
Image: Metro Daily
Comments (2) to “Drop It Like It’s Art: Cold As Ice”
Tobias said:
I’ve always been quite impressed with Ice sculptures, even the extracts that they take down to Shanghai after the show has finished in Harbin had a certain ‘wow’ factor. But an ice sculpture that actually can produce music. That’s incredible…in fact verging on unbelievable. Can anyone verify that it really does play music?
Posted on 01.16.08 at 9:19 pm | Permalink
New Yorker said:
how is that possible?
Posted on 01.16.08 at 10:55 pm | Permalink