amusements and anarchism
August 20, 2015 7:11 AM Subscribe
That shot of a glitchy Ariel in front of the castle is really creepy-cool.
posted by Windigo at 7:34 AM on August 20, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by Windigo at 7:34 AM on August 20, 2015 [7 favorites]
I hope he takes on lines at the airport next.
looks like that's covered:
The entire exhibition is staffed by morose Dismaland employees who seem completely uninterested in being helpful or informative. Even trying to find the exit was a near herculean effort.
posted by sammyo at 7:46 AM on August 20, 2015 [3 favorites]
looks like that's covered:
The entire exhibition is staffed by morose Dismaland employees who seem completely uninterested in being helpful or informative. Even trying to find the exit was a near herculean effort.
posted by sammyo at 7:46 AM on August 20, 2015 [3 favorites]
The VP in charge of my department is obsessed with Disney. He's been to the parks 40+ times and went through the Disney leadership training (did you know that was a thing? I had no idea until it was too late to escape the meeting.) Our last departmental meeting involved matching up positive character traits to Disney characters (as a team!) and solving magic eye type puzzles of Mickey Mouse (as a team!) while Disney music played in the background.
What I'm trying to say here is that this theme park makes me happy, nonedgy or no.
posted by Lemmy Caution at 7:48 AM on August 20, 2015 [12 favorites]
What I'm trying to say here is that this theme park makes me happy, nonedgy or no.
posted by Lemmy Caution at 7:48 AM on August 20, 2015 [12 favorites]
I'm not usually a fan of Banksy, but this I would actually like to see.
posted by dnash at 7:48 AM on August 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by dnash at 7:48 AM on August 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
It does seem a bit too bright, cheerful, fun-filled and carefree to accurately reflect the British seaside funfair experience.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 7:51 AM on August 20, 2015 [11 favorites]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 7:51 AM on August 20, 2015 [11 favorites]
That shot of a glitchy Ariel in front of the castle is really creepy-cool.
Have you seen this armoire?
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:55 AM on August 20, 2015 [9 favorites]
Have you seen this armoire?
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:55 AM on August 20, 2015 [9 favorites]
This mr. bansky sure has a low opinion of modern society!
posted by The Whelk at 8:15 AM on August 20, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 8:15 AM on August 20, 2015 [6 favorites]
There's more pictures here.
I guess I don't have strong enough negative feelings about Banksy to pretend that those aren't some goddamn amazing pieces of art. (And not all by him; there are multiple credited artists). Would have loved to have seen it all in person.
posted by Atom Eyes at 8:22 AM on August 20, 2015 [11 favorites]
I guess I don't have strong enough negative feelings about Banksy to pretend that those aren't some goddamn amazing pieces of art. (And not all by him; there are multiple credited artists). Would have loved to have seen it all in person.
posted by Atom Eyes at 8:22 AM on August 20, 2015 [11 favorites]
I guess I don't have strong enough negative feelings about Banksy to pretend that those aren't some goddamn amazing pieces of art. (And not all by him; there are multiple credited artists). Would have loved to have seen it all in person.
posted by Atom Eyes at 11:22 AM on August 20
Me too. Kind of surprised by the low opinions floating around, but to each their own
posted by glaucon at 8:26 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Atom Eyes at 11:22 AM on August 20
Me too. Kind of surprised by the low opinions floating around, but to each their own
posted by glaucon at 8:26 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
I would love to see it. And then watch Massive Attack perform.
posted by Windigo at 8:29 AM on August 20, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Windigo at 8:29 AM on August 20, 2015 [6 favorites]
Yeah, I love the Disney Parks, but this is terrific. Thanks!
posted by Elementary Penguin at 8:33 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Elementary Penguin at 8:33 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
Me too. Kind of surprised by the low opinions floating around, but to each their own
A cardinal rule of the internet is that the second something gains even a little bit of mainstream notoriety or popularity there will be a large segment of the internet that is suddenly too cool to like it. Banksy is a perfect example of this.
posted by thsmchnekllsfascists at 8:35 AM on August 20, 2015 [11 favorites]
A cardinal rule of the internet is that the second something gains even a little bit of mainstream notoriety or popularity there will be a large segment of the internet that is suddenly too cool to like it. Banksy is a perfect example of this.
posted by thsmchnekllsfascists at 8:35 AM on August 20, 2015 [11 favorites]
I can often take or leave Banksy but this is pretty interesting to me.
posted by Kitteh at 8:41 AM on August 20, 2015
posted by Kitteh at 8:41 AM on August 20, 2015
A cardinal rule of the internet is that the second something gains even a little bit of mainstream notoriety or popularity there will be a large segment of the internet that is suddenly too cool to like it. Banksy is a perfect example of this.
Which is why reaching a point where coolness is no longer a factor in your enjoyment of a Thing is so freeing.
posted by Windigo at 8:51 AM on August 20, 2015 [13 favorites]
Which is why reaching a point where coolness is no longer a factor in your enjoyment of a Thing is so freeing.
posted by Windigo at 8:51 AM on August 20, 2015 [13 favorites]
"His stencils are well known but this is something very different - a pitch black antidote to the 'fun day out'. The Julie Burchill 'Punch and Judy' ...Ooo, I'd call any day with a Julie Burchill 'Punch and Judy' "a fun day out." And he's roped in Jimmy Cauty, so maybe it's not all as Mickey Mouse as it looks. Shame, tho, that they couldn't have gotten Tracy Emin to dress up as Snow White for an "Every Dwarf I Have Ever Slept With" installation.
posted by octobersurprise at 8:56 AM on August 20, 2015 [3 favorites]
Honestly, I think it's great that skepticism of Disney's hold on the culture isn't necessarily just an edgy hipster thing anymore. Their rapid acquisitions of Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Henson in the last decade basically scooped up a huge chunk of the memories of everyone who was born in the last 50 years, and I fully expect to see other formerly unaffiliated properties falling under the Disney umbrella in the next few years as well. This, combined with their ability to lobby for eternal copyright on everything they own from Mickey Mouse on up, means that they have a foothold in the human imagination that rivals most major religions.
So if somebody wants to try their hands at breaking the artifice (or at least raising awareness of it) with some publicly accessible, high-profile parody, I'm all for it.
posted by Strange Interlude at 9:08 AM on August 20, 2015 [19 favorites]
So if somebody wants to try their hands at breaking the artifice (or at least raising awareness of it) with some publicly accessible, high-profile parody, I'm all for it.
posted by Strange Interlude at 9:08 AM on August 20, 2015 [19 favorites]
I have already seen friends poo-pooing this because BANKSY. But it's an exhibition of 47 different artists' work. I think any art that uses unexpected space and draws the attention of the general non-art-attending public is generally a good thing, yeah?
posted by Windigo at 9:33 AM on August 20, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by Windigo at 9:33 AM on August 20, 2015 [8 favorites]
This is a wonderful, creative reuse of a defunct amusement park. I'd like to see an exhibition like this in the US, but pushed even more.
posted by Miko at 9:36 AM on August 20, 2015
posted by Miko at 9:36 AM on August 20, 2015
For those keeping score, this isn't the the first time Banksy's had a brush with Disney.
posted by FJT at 9:37 AM on August 20, 2015
posted by FJT at 9:37 AM on August 20, 2015
I have already seen friends poo-pooing this because BANKSY
Tell them it's not as goofy as it looks. In fact, it's a whole new world.
posted by octobersurprise at 9:40 AM on August 20, 2015 [7 favorites]
Tell them it's not as goofy as it looks. In fact, it's a whole new world.
posted by octobersurprise at 9:40 AM on August 20, 2015 [7 favorites]
> A cardinal rule of the internet is that the second something gains even a little bit of mainstream notoriety or popularity there will be a large segment of the internet that is suddenly too cool to like it. Banksy is a perfect example of this.
This is true of humans in general. Listen around the cooler sometime. The internet just lets those people be louder.
posted by IAmBroom at 9:41 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
This is true of humans in general. Listen around the cooler sometime. The internet just lets those people be louder.
posted by IAmBroom at 9:41 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm absolutely in love with this, but I can't be the only one whose initial thought was of BoJack Horseman!
posted by erratic meatsack at 9:43 AM on August 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by erratic meatsack at 9:43 AM on August 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
I have already seen friends poo-pooing this because BANKSY
They should just let it go
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:58 AM on August 20, 2015 [3 favorites]
They should just let it go
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:58 AM on August 20, 2015 [3 favorites]
I love this so much.
posted by Annika Cicada at 9:59 AM on August 20, 2015
posted by Annika Cicada at 9:59 AM on August 20, 2015
They should just let it go
They should stop being Grumpy.
posted by octobersurprise at 10:24 AM on August 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
They should stop being Grumpy.
posted by octobersurprise at 10:24 AM on August 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
Oddly, no one owns dismaland.com or dismaland.uk.
It's http://www.dismaland.co.uk
The site was up for me earlier but I can't seem to reach it now.
posted by vacapinta at 10:25 AM on August 20, 2015
It's http://www.dismaland.co.uk
The site was up for me earlier but I can't seem to reach it now.
posted by vacapinta at 10:25 AM on August 20, 2015
Low hanging fruit or no, I LOL'd at the selfie hole.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:45 AM on August 20, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:45 AM on August 20, 2015 [6 favorites]
I'm absolutely in love with this, but I can't be the only one whose initial thought was of BoJack Horseman!
My mind went to the SNL Sprockets sketch in which they are discussing the new theme park called "Euro Trash." One of the attractions is the Diseased Bear Jamboree.
I can't for the life of me find ANY video of that, or even a transcript. So, from memory, I swear up and down that the dialogue went something like:
Guest: "And over here we have the Diseased Bear Jamboree."
Dieter: "Oh, and what do the diseased bears do?"
Guest: "Mostly they convalesce. But in the springtime they scream like bitches."
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:53 AM on August 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
My mind went to the SNL Sprockets sketch in which they are discussing the new theme park called "Euro Trash." One of the attractions is the Diseased Bear Jamboree.
I can't for the life of me find ANY video of that, or even a transcript. So, from memory, I swear up and down that the dialogue went something like:
Guest: "And over here we have the Diseased Bear Jamboree."
Dieter: "Oh, and what do the diseased bears do?"
Guest: "Mostly they convalesce. But in the springtime they scream like bitches."
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:53 AM on August 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
From NME: “Run The Jewels, Savages and Sleaford Mods to perform at Banksy’s theme park Dismaland”
posted by Going To Maine at 11:10 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Going To Maine at 11:10 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
The woman being attacked by seagulls statue is really cool. I think this is a great venue to showcase different art centered around similar themes. I don't see it as only a criticism of Disneyland, more using a Disneyland utopia aesthetic to showcase depictions of modern banal dystopia.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 11:32 AM on August 20, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Solon and Thanks at 11:32 AM on August 20, 2015 [3 favorites]
I can't be the only one whose initial thought was of BoJack Horseman!
I can't be the only one whose initial thought was of Terry Southern's Magic Christian.
posted by fredludd at 12:58 PM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
I can't be the only one whose initial thought was of Terry Southern's Magic Christian.
posted by fredludd at 12:58 PM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
I can dismiss most culturejamming as cute and self-satisfied, but Banksy and Co BUILT A LITTLE CASTLE! I get excited when miniature golf courses do it and I'm more excited to see it done as part of a giant interactive art exhibit.
Some of y'all are riding some seriously high horses with some aggressively pointy sticks up your butts and I hope either of those are providing you with some sort of fun stimulation since this can't.
posted by elr at 1:23 PM on August 20, 2015
Some of y'all are riding some seriously high horses with some aggressively pointy sticks up your butts and I hope either of those are providing you with some sort of fun stimulation since this can't.
posted by elr at 1:23 PM on August 20, 2015
I loooove that all the stewards and employees are wearing bright pink safety vests and have a dejected look. I really really wanna go visit this place and take a selfie with the selfie hole.
posted by numaner at 1:36 PM on August 20, 2015
posted by numaner at 1:36 PM on August 20, 2015
Dismaland is surprisingly fun to feed into Deep Dream.
posted by frimble at 1:48 PM on August 20, 2015 [10 favorites]
posted by frimble at 1:48 PM on August 20, 2015 [10 favorites]
I'm pretty sure the seagulls one is a reference to Mary Poppins, which is fun.
posted by Going To Maine at 1:56 PM on August 20, 2015
posted by Going To Maine at 1:56 PM on August 20, 2015
Dismaland is surprisingly fun to feed into Deep Dream.
frimble, that is amazing.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 2:26 PM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
frimble, that is amazing.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 2:26 PM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
The twisted tanker trucks were originally built for Burning Man in 2007. I got to climb up inside them.
posted by scalefree at 4:57 PM on August 20, 2015
posted by scalefree at 4:57 PM on August 20, 2015
That's a pretty funny way to do an art gallery. I wonder how much those tickets are going to be selling for on the secondary market within a few days?
posted by codacorolla at 6:47 PM on August 20, 2015
posted by codacorolla at 6:47 PM on August 20, 2015
How much fun must this have been to plan and execute.
posted by Room 641-A at 11:26 PM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Room 641-A at 11:26 PM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
In addition to art there are a few rides, completely impossible fair games...
That doesn't sound very fair to me.
posted by Ned G at 3:48 AM on August 21, 2015
That doesn't sound very fair to me.
posted by Ned G at 3:48 AM on August 21, 2015
It's pretty similar to actual fair games.
posted by Miko at 5:45 AM on August 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Miko at 5:45 AM on August 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
Dismaland is surprisingly fun to feed into Deep Dream.
The first one makes me want to see a film where The Thing gets loose at Disneyland.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:22 AM on August 21, 2015
The first one makes me want to see a film where The Thing gets loose at Disneyland.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:22 AM on August 21, 2015
In addition to art there are a few rides, completely impossible fair games...
That doesn't sound very fair to me.
It's a fair for all, and no fair to anybody!
EXIT LEFT TO FUNWAY
posted by Strange Interlude at 11:04 AM on August 21, 2015
That doesn't sound very fair to me.
It's a fair for all, and no fair to anybody!
EXIT LEFT TO FUNWAY
posted by Strange Interlude at 11:04 AM on August 21, 2015
There's been a performance going on with the website.
They kept saying it will be up at any moment, while many people were frantically reloading their browsers all day. Now it appears that online bookings has all been a hoax and the only way to get in is to ... show up.
"We would like to apologise to anyone attempting to buy tickets online today.
Due to unprecedented demand “the UK’s most disappointing new visitor attraction”
is currently unable to process online ticket sales.
This Saturday and Sunday August 22nd and 23rd tickets will only be available on the door
(of the portacabin on the grass opposite the site) from 9am. After reaching its 2000 capacity entry
will be on a one in/one out basis. Last entry at 9pm. This may result in some queueing and we
apologise for any inconvenience. Online bookings will be taken from Tuesday 25th August."
Pathetically, predictably, the response to this announcement by more than one clueless person was "What time Tuesday??"
posted by vacapinta at 1:33 PM on August 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
They kept saying it will be up at any moment, while many people were frantically reloading their browsers all day. Now it appears that online bookings has all been a hoax and the only way to get in is to ... show up.
"We would like to apologise to anyone attempting to buy tickets online today.
Due to unprecedented demand “the UK’s most disappointing new visitor attraction”
is currently unable to process online ticket sales.
This Saturday and Sunday August 22nd and 23rd tickets will only be available on the door
(of the portacabin on the grass opposite the site) from 9am. After reaching its 2000 capacity entry
will be on a one in/one out basis. Last entry at 9pm. This may result in some queueing and we
apologise for any inconvenience. Online bookings will be taken from Tuesday 25th August."
Pathetically, predictably, the response to this announcement by more than one clueless person was "What time Tuesday??"
posted by vacapinta at 1:33 PM on August 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
Interview with Banksy:
Banksy: ‘I think a museum is a bad place to look at art’
Also mentions that there's an exclusive Bankys artwork in tomorrow's Guardian (the physical newspaper)
In Dismaland, Banksy has created something truly depressing
Review from the always dismal Jonathan Jones
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:33 PM on August 21, 2015
Banksy: ‘I think a museum is a bad place to look at art’
Also mentions that there's an exclusive Bankys artwork in tomorrow's Guardian (the physical newspaper)
In Dismaland, Banksy has created something truly depressing
Review from the always dismal Jonathan Jones
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:33 PM on August 21, 2015
Damn! The description on the Cinderella piece is ballsy!:
Cinderella’s Castle
Step inside the fairytale and see how it feels to be a real princess. Souvenir photos available.
posted by sweetmarie at 7:31 PM on August 21, 2015
Cinderella’s Castle
Step inside the fairytale and see how it feels to be a real princess. Souvenir photos available.
posted by sweetmarie at 7:31 PM on August 21, 2015
The 'exclusive Bankys artwork in tomorrow's Guardian' appears to be the cover of The Guide (the media / entertaimnet etc booklet) - not seen / can't find online yet but it's a rat with Mini Mouse style bow etc
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:58 AM on August 22, 2015
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:58 AM on August 22, 2015
Apparently visitors are being encouraged to tweet pictures of today's long queues etc to @WestonSeafront
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 4:00 AM on August 22, 2015
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 4:00 AM on August 22, 2015
A Peek Inside the Galleries and a Playlist of Short Films at Banksy’s Dismaland
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:41 AM on August 22, 2015
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:41 AM on August 22, 2015
A Peek Inside the Galleries and a Playlist of Short Films at Banksy’s Dismaland
Tea time!
*shudder*
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 1:18 PM on August 22, 2015
Tea time!
*shudder*
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 1:18 PM on August 22, 2015
banksy, street poet laureate and roommate of mine, stole some of my stuff for dismaland. which explains "PORTABLE AC WORLD" and "IPOD-VILLE" (@electrolemon; more of roommate banksy collected on Imgur).
posted by filthy light thief at 10:02 PM on August 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by filthy light thief at 10:02 PM on August 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
School visits.
I'm going to pretend to be a school.
posted by jeoc at 7:06 PM on August 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm going to pretend to be a school.
posted by jeoc at 7:06 PM on August 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
tickets sold out :<
posted by lalochezia at 1:42 PM on September 13, 2015
posted by lalochezia at 1:42 PM on September 13, 2015
Burning Down The Mouse
posted by the man of twists and turns at 12:40 PM on September 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by the man of twists and turns at 12:40 PM on September 16, 2015 [1 favorite]
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I hope he takes on lines at the airport next.
posted by jpe at 7:33 AM on August 20, 2015 [7 favorites]