Giant, otherworldly figures will be popping up around Auckland this week.
Australian visual artist Amanda Parer's Fantastic Planet installation features inflatable illuminated "humanoids".
It's one of the few events still happening as part of the Auckland Arts Festival which was forced to cancel 51 live events across Tāmaki Makaurau because of the Omicron outbreak.
![The giant humanoids appear on roofs and on the ground. Pictured at the Brisbane Festival. Photo / Supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/4MMLAPOQUACWCHNIZWNSNFACLI.jpg?auth=9b96d774588992063787a2b0886fb74a142a62d23b9755645f413d82a065e12f&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Parer took inspiration from the 1973 Czech/French film Fantastic Planet, which was set in a distant future in a world inhabited by giants and where human beings are a feral race.