Let them eat street art!
Posted on 09/29/2015 11:38:40 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Street artist Banksy has said he will send the material from his closed amusement park in England to France to help shelter refugees who are camped out there. Banksy said on his Dismaland website Monday that all of the timbers and fixtures from the park are being sent to a refugee camp outside the northwest French port of Calais for the construction of shelters. Thousands of refugees are in the Calais area seeking entry into Britain.
"Coming soon ... Dismaland Calais," the artist said on his posting.
The unusual amusement park that closed Sunday after five weeks poked fun at consumer culture. Tourism body Visit Somerset says the exhibition brought 20 million pounds ($30 million) to the faded seaside town of Weston-Super-Mare. Officials say it drew more than 150,000 people.
Let them eat street art!
Banksy, ol’ top, I hate to tell you this, but you have become the consumer culture that you purport to hate.
Sounds like a stunt to assuage some inner guilt. He could probably just buy lumber in France for a lot less than dismantling and shipping his props across the water.
It’ll cost more to tear it down and ship than to buy new. He should leave it up to house all those going to England.
That castle is really a mess. Looks like the grail-shaped lamp must’ve set the place ablaze.
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