Giant chicken sculpture photographed in various locations

Gallery of photos of a giant plucked chicken sculpture.

Attention Chicken! is a three dimensional version of the collage that goes by the same title.

Nicolas Lampert and Micaela O’Herlihy created a ten-foot rotisserie chicken out of polystyrene foam, hard coated, and then painted with latex paint and final coat of high gloss varnish.

In October, 2006 Attention Chicken! made a number of unannounced public interventions throughout Milwaukee at Bradford Beach, the woods, Walmart, National Ave, and other locations throughout the city. Reactions ranged from laughter to attacks directed at the chicken (three in one day!)

Attention Chicken (via wtbw)

[#1 posted by ill lich , June 26, 2008 10:38 AM]

It's clearly uncooked, so it ain't "rotisserie chicken". . . yet.

[#2 posted by geo the moose , June 26, 2008 10:50 AM]

Giant mutant chicken & Walmart... How do those 2 NOT go together...

[#3 posted by Burns! , June 26, 2008 11:36 AM]

"Reactions ranged from laughter to attacks directed at the chicken (three in one day!)"

Attacks? What sort of attacks?

[#4 posted by Antinous , June 26, 2008 11:40 AM]

Three adolescent males were found attempting to choke it.

[#5 posted by Takuan , June 26, 2008 11:50 AM]

we need Rowan Atkinson to be peeking out of it

[#6 posted by Mikey Likes BoingBoing , June 26, 2008 12:36 PM]

Stand it next to a bunch of right wing chickenhawks.

[#7 posted by Anonymous , June 26, 2008 1:29 PM]

Half of this "chicken" is turned around 180 degrees.

[#8 posted by eiderfarmer , June 26, 2008 4:16 PM]

That would make a great rock climbing wall if 3 or 4 times bigger.

[#9 posted by mustaphasaurus , June 26, 2008 4:36 PM]

Follow this link to Nicholas Lampert's fabulous Meatscapes collages:

http://machineanimalcollages.com/Menus/MeatScapesMenu.html

[#10 posted by RJ , June 26, 2008 5:36 PM]

Public "interventions?" What is it the public does that requires the intervention of a ten-foot foam chicken? I'm guessing the word they were looking for was "appearances."

"Reactions ranged from laughter to attacks directed at the chicken (three in one day!)"

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it's because everybody else in Milwaukee is just as bored as these people must be. I'm guessing destroying a giant foam chicken is something you could laugh about for weeks afterwards. It's probably nothing personal.

[#11 posted by Anonymous , June 26, 2008 8:09 PM]

Cool chicken! Concept reminds me on this:

http://www.vimeo.com/157002

[#12 posted by eustace , June 26, 2008 10:51 PM]

1. Put a loudspeaker in it
2. Station someone nearby with the microphone.
3. When it gets punched, sob into the microphone.
4. Film the crowd tearing it apart.
5. Sell video on intertubes.
6. Profit!!!