All traces of the Pyramids have been combed away by the fancy plough thing they use to clean the beach. And as I type the stencilled sign on the Prom wall is being steamed off!
It was fun. Thanks to all involved.
Statistics: Posted by Poppy — 31 Dec 2007, 12:29
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Statistics: Posted by Poppy — 24 Jul 2007, 19:38
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Statistics: Posted by Bob Jefferson — 24 Jul 2007, 19:29
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I can only assume that the reporter has misunderstood Caroline Muirhead's statement that 'something similar' would appear on the beach next year, since I can't imagine that BTOTB would ask the same artist to produce the same work next summer. Surely, all she means is that BTOTB will not be discouraged from commissioning further works of art on the beach?
The statement that 'one has now been completely destroyed' is also incorrect. It was partially dismantled, exposing the metal framework, and BTOTB then removed the rest themselves (presumably for health and safety reasons) as Caroline makes clear.
Yes there has been some late-night vandalism, but let's not forget that hundreds of young children, including my own, have had a great time playing on the pyramids. Indeed, it is the children and their parents that have made up most of the 'visitors' to this work. It's not Art to them, it's a series of climbing frames. So what? They are 'interacting' with the work and, as Poppy's photo demonstrates, even creating their own constructions from it.
Anyone who has a kid, or who has ever been a kid, could have foreseen that this is exactly what would happen. We need more of this kind of art on the beach and less pretentiousness and po-faced attitudes.
Statistics: Posted by Bob Jefferson — 24 Jul 2007, 17:59
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Last night some youngsters worked hard to built this "fort" (but it was gone by the time I get home at 4 today):
Statistics: Posted by Poppy — 24 Jul 2007, 17:01
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