Last but not least: The anti-spot
Banksy opened «Dismaland,» the most unsettling amusement park of all time. Now, the anonymous street art star has released the accompanying commercial.
It’s bitterly angry, unsettling, and depressing—and, in true Banksy fashion, it holds up a mirror to society: the anti-amusement park Dismaland. «Dismal» means gloomy, grim, and bleak. The street artist opened this art project on August 21 in the English resort town of Weston-super-Mare, in a former water park. The exhibition runs through September 27 and features, in addition to his own creations, works by 58 artists, including Jenny Holzer and Damien Hirst.
The park has sparked worldwide media coverage and is being celebrated online. As always, whenever Banksy does something. The rush for tickets has been correspondingly intense—Dismaland is set to offer 4,000 people a day a bleak form of entertainment. Anyone wanting to buy tickets had to expect long wait times online—in the run-up to the opening it was speculated, the slow Website is part of the exhibition concept. August is completely sold out, which isn’t surprising given that tickets cost 3 pounds. So advertising wouldn’t be necessary at all. Nevertheless, Banksy posted a full-fledged commercial on his YouTube channel on Tuesday. It makes you want to go. (hae)
