#dismaland

The strange Middle East focus of Banksy’s Dismaland | Mada Masr
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Azzam is just one of nine Arab artists Banksy selected for the month-long show. While much media coverage has referred to participants being from around the world, a perusal of the Dismaland website reveals that the only non-western region significantly represented is the Middle East.

Most artists within the exhibition are American or British, with one from Australia, one from Ireland, and four Europeans. Then there’s one Iranian and three Israelis, presumably to “match” the three Palestinians, as well as three Syrians, a Saudi, an Egyptian and a Syrian-South African artist duo.

#dismaland #banksy

Anti-establishment art: Banksy’s Dismaland, the Miserable Kingdom | The Economist

▻http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2015/08/anti-establishment-art?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/dismaland

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N EDWARDIAN times Weston-Super-Mare’s beach was as full of holiday-makers as Benidorm, the Spanish coastal resort where the Easyjet-set go to get sun. Today a lone child kicks sand under overcast skies. “Ice cold refreshing slush”, reads a board on the beach, offering a weather forecast along with soft drinks. Not for nothing is this patch of England called Somerset. The little big-wheel rotates in the wind with nobody in it. Even the sea seems to have fled the resort, retreating at low tide beyond the horizon. The loudest voices are the caws of the gulls.

Fish-and-chip shops are boarded up, along with a paint-peeling toy shop. “Gifts 4 All, 7 days a week,” sighs its rotten sign. The largest store on the high-street is a £1 shop, contending for custom with its nearby rival, “99p”. UKIP, an anti-immigrant party, is the only political party with any visible high-street presence. (The tacky £ in its logo resembles another pound-shop.) “Please refrain from washing your feet in these facilities,” a notice sneers at Muslims in the public urinal. For nostalgia’s sake, pensioners are the main visitors, down for the day from Birmingham with their blankets and thermos flasks. The most dedicated come here to die.

#bansky #dismaland #art #anti_establishement

Bansky ouvre dans une petite ville du sud de l’Angleterre un parc d’attraction qu’il promet être le « parc touristique le plus décevant de tout le Royaume-Uni ».

Il l’a baptisé « Dismaland » (combinaison du mot « Disney » et « dismal » qui se traduit par « lugubre ») Tout un programme :) Les avocats de Disney ont attaqué.

Banksy åpner egen fornøyelsespark - NRK Kultur og underholdning - Nyheter og aktuelt stoff

▻http://www.nrk.no/kultur/banksy-apner-egen-fornoyelsespark-1.12510641

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#bansky #street-art #art_de_rue #peinture_murale #disney #parc_d_attraction

Banksy åpner egen fornøyelsespark

Etter uker med hemmelighold lanserer graffitikunstneren Banksy det han lover skal være « Storbritannias mest skuffende turistattraksjon ». Men advokatene til Disney-konsernet får ikke slippe inn.