Giant, luminescent rabbit sculptures were unveiled at The Yards Park on Saturday, becoming the aesthetic focal point of the ongoing Light Yards festivities that kicked off last weekend.

The temporary installation is an iteration of Intrude, a public-art project by Australian artist Amanda Parer that has toured worldwide. The work consists of five nylon, inflatable bunnies arrayed in various lifelike poses on the lawn at the western edge of the park, alongside the Anacostia River. Measuring up to seven meters tall, the figures contain light-sensitive panels that gradually illuminated the leporids with a warm, white glow from within as Saturday’s crisp afternoon sunshine gave way to a lovely sunset and a clear (though quite chilly) night.

Parer designed Intrude to both evoke and contradict the prevailing “cutesy image” of bunnies as innocent, harmless creatures. Signage displayed alongside the installation conveyed the artist’s concern that, in her native Australia, rabbits are “an out of control pest, leaving a trail of ecological destruction wherever they go and defying attempts at eradication.” The monumental size of the sculptures emphasizes the scale of their environmental impact.

While they address an apparently serious problem Down Under, Parer’s bunnies received a warm welcome as they made themselves at home here in D.C. During their unveiling on Saturday, families flocked to enjoy kid-friendly activities during the afternoon as they waited for the installation to light up, and after sundown, electric violinist DJ Manifesto led a dance party amidst the rabbits’ picturesque radiance.

Intrude will remain on view at The Yards Park through Sunday, March 6. The Light Yards exhibition also features, on the east side of the site, the works Point Cloud and Cube by light artist and architect John Ensor Parker. Admission is free.