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Ocala, Florida: Chatter Bugs

Several large, colorful, buglike sculptures have antenna that serve as speaking tubes and hollow bodies that act as amplifiers. Don't say anything you might regret.

Address:
515 NW Martin Luther King Jr Ave., Ocala, FL
Directions:
Midway between US-27 and FL-40, on the east side of NW 16th Ave./MLK Jr Ave. Just north of the train tracks, in the courtyard between Fire Headquarters and the Community Building.
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Chatter Bugs.

Chatter Bugs

A public art display titled "Chatter Bugs And A Friendly Exchange" consists of two large hands clasping each other and the Chatter Bugs: large bug-shaped figures made by artist Adam Walls in 2020.

[signmanjoe, 01/23/2025]

You are subjugated in the realm of Insect Lords. If you speak into either of the bugs' antennae, your voice is amplified by the hollow bug body and returned, distorted, through the other antennae.


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