On the subject of art and inspiration.

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I am not an arty person. I rarely have a burning desire to dash to see a piece of installation art but oh my,Banksy and friends have outdone themselves in Weston-Super-Mare and I am gutted that I am too far away to go and experience it.

The imagery depicted in what I can see in press releases of Dismaland is deliciously dark and satirical. Honestly, it gives me creative chills of the ooh inspiration for pitch-black dark fic kind.

Now, I'm not saying that some of my flist share my love of all things dark and dystopian *cough* sylsdarkplace meus_venator fufaraw tipsy_kitty the whole of the evilsam_spn community and more *cough* but I am not going to waste an opportunity by not drawing attention to the general yumminess and possibilities for all sorts of creativity.

Check out a few:








































sourced here

And I am pretty sure there will be a ton load more over the internet over the next few weeks. So yes, I'll just wait over here with puppy eyes and human sacrifices.

Oh and in case you are in the West Country in the next five weeks and want to check  it for real  (because dude - the entry fee is only £3.00 an adult to see work by 58 artists) just to make me cry with insane jealousy  the official site for tickets to Dismaland Bemusement Park and info is here.

Comments

[2blueshoes.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this, I love Banksy!

[meus_venator]

Holy COW this is fantastic! Could you go? Please go for me? Suck up all the dystopian misery! LOL
I love the shot of the pinwheel fan with the cotton, or torn paper left trapped in the blades. WOW And that truck carousel? And the castle and the sliced up distorted mermaid. This is a major art endeavour. What did they say 58 artists? WOW. We were just talking about Banksy and I hadn't seen any of his stuff but this is awesome. Thanks so much for sharing.
Not that I * cough * like this kind of stuff or anything LOL

Banksy

[marchia43.livejournal.com]

I live in Bristol - which is about 25/30 minutes drive from me and I am hoping to go on Thursday night.... as long as I can get tickets via the website - I am most definitely not going to be queueing for 4 hours just to get in! If I do manage to get in I'll post some pics!

Although I may drive down there tonight to look at the size of the queue!

[anniespinkhouse.livejournal.com]

Ooh I do hope that you get in okay and (enjoy?) it for the rest of us. Got to wonder if a queue is all part of the experience. I was not far off earlier in the summer - so bad timing formy summer hols!A tripfrom Scotland to Weston is not practical with no guarantee ofeven getting in. Is there anything else interesting in Weston these days if you take a drive down?

[sylsdarkplace]

Yes! I've been seeing photos going around Tumblr. It looks so cool. I wish TOEs could all go together! How great would that be?

Dismaland is such a great idea as a response to the over-commercialized Disney franchise -- the ultimate entertainment which is ultimately disappointing -- so glossy and bright and perfect. Dismaland is the opposite, I think -- dark and broken and creepy and far more interesting and satisfying.

I want to go!