The naked men were seen in various places in Hong Kong.
Who are these naked men that have invaded Hong kong. Are they aliens or human beings?.
Well actually, they are not any of the above. More Pics after the jump.
According to CNN they are sculptures made by British Sculptor
Sir Anthony Gormley
One of the largest and most ambitious art installations ever to grace Hong Kong is set to be unveiled this month -- but residents won't be required to enter a museum to see it. They just have to look up.
Starting
from this week, 31 sculptures of naked, anatomically-correct men appear
across a kilometer stretch in the heart of the city.
Each are placed within eyesight of one another, with four cast-iron sculptures found at street level and twenty-seven, made of fiberglass and suspended on rooftops.
Collectively, the figures make up "Event Horizon," a work by British sculptor Sir Antony Gormley.
"The
idea is to make the built world, somehow the subject of reverie. To
think about it imaginatively. To encourage people in some way to shift
from a world of obligation and towards dreaming with our eyes open,"
explains Gormley.
The sculptures are molded after the artist himself -- embodying Gormley's slight hunch and tallish figure.
Each bear subtle variations -- most notably where the breath falls in relationship to the diaphragm.
The installation, which first exhibited in London in 2007, has toured Rotterdam, New York, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro.
But
Hong Kong is "more manic and taller" than other host cites says
Gormley, with its towering skyline rendering many of the works
"photon-sized."
One of the most
prominent figures is perched atop the 607-ft (185m) Standard Chartered
Bank Building, a skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong's financial district.






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