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Team
China - First Place
“Hunting in Winter” |
People in Northeast China go hunting
during the winter season. People no longer hunt for survival,
but it is still a tradition for some native people living in the
North. |
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“Swan Song”
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The old Shaman beats his drum and calls forth
the swan spirit in a last ditch effort to feed his people. This
hunt must go well or all will perish. As he dances the bird spirits
form from the smoke of his ceremonial fire. Rising and swirling
around him, returning to wisps of smoke disappearing above his
head. |
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Team Germany - Third Place “Bridge of Tolerance”
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Two different people meet in the middle of
a bridge, a bridge between different continents and different
cultures. They meet with tolerance and respect. |
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“Just Spooling Around”
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Whenever I bring out that spool of jute rope,
those cats just go crazy. It takes no time at all for them to
make a mess of that roll. That’s the only toy they need,
they will spend half a day… Just Spooling Around. |
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| Team France “Sculptures” |
The work is formed by different sculpted parts
in cubed shapes, but the parts are made of the same material,
snow. The parts represent a sample of different styles of sculpture:
primitive art, classical art and abstract art. In the end, the
parts become one sculpture. |
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“Who will be
the Best”
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Who is the best? That is always the question
in our society. Who is stronger and faster? Two hockey players
and a referee are frozen in time, in a moment of intensity. Who
will be first? Who will be the best? |
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| Team Colima, Mexico “Bucéfalo” |
Bucéfalo is a horse who has a free,
indomitable and resistant spirit, just as the snow does with its
whiteness, purity and beauty. |
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Team
Mexico city, Mexico
“Faces within the Waves” |
As water is the origin of life,
we can say that our oceans… move, sing, sometimes dance
to the moon, becoming the greatest show you can see. And on this
special occasion, the ocean rises to encounter new and old friends. |
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Team
Netherlands
“Calla Lilies” |
Everybody knows that the Netherlands are world
famous for their bulbs, especially tulips. The Calla Lily (official
name Zantdeschia) is also a summer flowering bulb and is grown
and exported, mostly as a cut flower, all over the world. Our
sculpture of Calla Lilies symbolizes something very tender and
sweet coming out of a disordered foundation. |
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Team
Spain
“Inauguration, Tomorrow” |
This sculpture is a “visual joke.”
It is a sculpture within a sculpture. Father and son can’t
contain their curiosity and look under the sheet at a sculpture
of a classical monument of a warrior on a horse. The horse is
on its hind legs and it is possible to appreciate the shape of
the horse and its rider through the folds of the “snow sheet.” |
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Team USA, Minnesota “Cold Hands,
Warm Heart” |
Unlocking the secrets of the human heart is
a subtle process. Cold hands, a reserved exterior, or unusual
appearance can all disguise a warm heart, just as our sculpture’s
cool exterior masks the complexity of its inner heart |
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“Curiosity”
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Is the arctic environment at a “tipping
point”? If the ice goes, will polar bears be able to survive?
Why does the polar bear appear white when his skin is in fact
black? What caused the Inuit’s reverence for the polar bear? How come the bears know of the fisherman, but he does not sense them? |
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Team USA, Vermont
“Teeter-Toddler” |
One of the joys of winter is seeing the young
ones enjoy their first winter outings. Some of them are so bundled
up they can barely take a step! |
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| Team USA, Wisconsin
“The Rut” |
Every spring the bison begin to enter breeding
season. By mid summer “the rut,” as it is called,
is at its peak. Bulls have grown more belligerent as the season
has progressed. Fierce battles of dominance often take place when
one bull refuses to stand down. The victor wins the right to mate
while the vanquished must move on often wounded and bloodied. |
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| We
were out of town for 2008 & 2009 so I am relying on what I
found out on the internet, |
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