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August 21 - Dismaland!

Posted on August 21, 2020

The famous street artist Banksy usually creates his masterpieces on walls and fences...

But on this date in 2015 he opened an "art project" that was a bit like a twisted, evil version of an amusement park. "Dismaland" was prepared in secret in a coastal resort town in England, Weston-super-Mare. It consisted of ten new works by Banksy plus lots of works by 58 other artists. Tickets were sold to the general public for a mere 3 pounds each, and visitors could stroll around and see the various 2-D, 3-D, and performance-art pieces. The whole place closed, as planned, 36 days after it opened.

Usually, the reflection of a statue might be disrupted by movement
of the clear water. At Dismaland, the water is murky, and the
statue itself looks disrupted!

"A family theme park unsuitable for children" is how Banksy described the project. How...unusual!

Here are a few pics:

You can see that much of the art project is a comment on the nature of theme parks. From the security you have to pass to go into an amusement park, to the possible misuse of animals to entertain us, what do amusement parks say about us?

Also on this date:

Birthday of Mohammed VI in Morocco

Poet's Day

Anniversary of the eruption of Lake Nyos

A nniversary of the theft of the Mona Lisa

Anniversary of the Voyager 2 fly-by of Triton

Hawaii's statehood anniversary

Anniversary of a total solar eclipse

Anniversary of the First American Revolution

National Spumoni Day in the U.S.A.

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June 8 - Street Art = Tape Art?

Posted June 8, 2017

On this date in 2016, a StreetArtFest opened in Grenoble, France.

And one of the artists showing his work was Dutch tape artist Max Thorn.

You may ask, what is a tape artist?

In Thorn's case, at least, it's someone who uses layers and layers and layers (and layers and layers) of ordinary packing tape to create pieces of art.

Thorn cuts away bits of tape to let more light through some areas than others, and he adds more layers of tape to create darker shapes. He ends up with sepia toned pieces that remind us of old photos or film noir.

Check it out:

Zorn has created YouTube videos showing how he creates his art pieces.

Stick Together is an online project created by Zorn; it spreads street art around the world for free and has sparked many different sorts of art events.

By the way, Max Zorn isn't the only street artist who uses tape. Some other tape artists include Slava Ostap, Pauline Fillioux, and Mark Khaisman. Tape Over is an international tape art crew based in Berlin, Germany. I guess that this tape art stuff is a really big thing!!