ICEBEAR MYSTERY CAVE

熊洞街

LOCATION

DALIAN 大连

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DESIGN COMPANY

BeTop 博涛文化

Animatronic artist Xiao Di has conceived a series of giant animals, imaginatively developed to express forms and movement taken from nature and applied through robotics to realize these creatures taken from ancient Chinese legends. These animals represent something deep within the Chinese psyche, and bringing them to life in this way has brought them vividly into the present for an enthusiastic contemporary audience.

Launched last year in Dalian WISDOM PARK Bear Cave Street (a major shopping district of Dalian), the Giant Bear (nickname Bei Bei) was seen by 600,000 people in just four months. Standing 7 metres tall and weighing 25 tons, this installation is the first animatronic creature on rails expressly made for an interior street environment.

The Giant Bear combines high-tech special effects, digital programming and a design which integrates a number of bespoke structural mechanisms. The design process required over 1,880 drawings and sketches, and a year to develop the design to its final completion. The entire creature is pulled by a hidden winch and carried along a track, which extends for a full city block. Lively, complex movements such as blinking its eyes, rolling its tongue, and raising its eyebrows create a range of surprising emotions and expressions - taken together with larger physical actions such as standing up, or shaking its head from side to side, creates rich, memorable effects and strong audience interaction.

When talking about the creation of the Mythical Beasts series with Dezeen, Xiao Di explained: "My aim was to harness the creative potential of animatronics by applying it to the rich Chinese history of myths and legends. By using the most up to date technology to build something inspired by ancient tales, we have created spectacular, larger than life animatronic animals, derived from the powerful symbolic images at the core of Chinese culture.”

巨型机械装置艺术家肖迪首创东方神兽系列，用巨大化的仿生生物机械装置的艺术表达，来展现中国神话传说中丰富的创意；用最现代化的手段，用最大胆的创想，用中国传统文化奇思妙想的内核展开创作，以此带来精神上和视觉上的双重震撼。

去年在大连冰山慧谷熊洞街推出的巨熊北北在四个月的时间内吸引了 60 万人。这个身高 7.14 米，重达 25 吨的巨兽装置是首个为室内街区环境打造的电控轨道式行进的机械巨兽。

巨熊北北融合了高科技特效、数字化内容和多项集成化机械结构设计，整体由 1880 多张图纸组成，从设计到最终完成历时一年。整个巨兽由卷扬机牵引、轨道承载， 行动轨迹可覆盖整个街区，最高可到街区顶层3楼。丰富而生动的眨眼、卷舌、挑眉等动作，组成愤怒、可爱、悲伤的表情，配合站立、跃起、左右摇头等行为，与现场观众产生生动的互动。

在谈到巨兽系列的创作由来时，肖迪向 Dezeen 解释说：“用巨大化的仿生生物机械装置的艺术表达，来展现中国神话传说中丰富的创意；用最现代化的手段，用最大胆的创想，用中国传统文化奇思妙想的内核展开创作，以此带来精神上和视觉上的双重震撼。”

PROJECT INFORMATION:

项目信息

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Project Name: ICEBEAR MYSTERY CAVE
Project Location: Bingshan Huigu, Dalian, China
Size: 7.14m high, 25t 

项目名称：熊洞街
项目地址：大连冰山慧谷
尺寸：7.14米高，25吨重
 

巨型机械装置艺术家肖迪首创东方神兽系列

巨熊北北是首个为室内街区环境打造的电控轨道式行进的机械巨兽

巨熊北北是一个高7.14米，重达25吨的巨兽装置

肖迪团队用大量精密的细节设计，展现巨兽生动的面貌特征

在巨兽设计中，肖迪团队往往需要权衡机械动力和艺术表达之间的平衡

巨型机械装置艺术家肖迪在他的工作室