Dismaland!

Hello World,

If you have been living under a rock the past few weeks, you will not have heard that the great Banksy and many other artist worked together and created a bemusement park in Weston Super-Mare. In one of the old abandon swimming pool beside the sea-front holds the bemusement park, known as Dismaland.

 When you enter, you are made to go through a "fake" security system, where the staff will inspect and check you, to ensure you are holding no criminal objects and ensure you do strange things before you can enter the bemusement park. Be warned, smiling is not admitted and heavens forbid for you to laugh. This security kid told me to take my hat off, whereas my sister who I waited for quite awhile was just told to turn her hat around!?

 Everything you see in the park is suppose to look dismal and generally depressing. To me the art I find of Banksy and the other artist are portraying the truth, in a more bold and simple ways. What you see here, is what is actually happening.

 The Artist has taken the news stories and created their own scene of it, through amusements that we all enjoyed as a child. An actual caraosel that you can ride, with a butcher holding boxes saying lasenge. As you may have remembered back earlier in the year when horse meat has been founded in certain meals.
Boats you can control that are of immigrants trying to get into the UK. Generally because the outside people think this country is their best choice. Which it maybe, as we can provide them homes and medicines.

 How many feel hurt and excluded because they are not of wealth. This man has made the poor poorer and the working class, having to work ten times as hard to either keep their jobs or to even pay for bills are are increasingly on the rise. 

Sometimes it can be pretty dark. I have shown this picture around and a lot of people have been particularly disturbed by this one. I suppose many people have different interpretations of how this can be represented. 
Me personally, it reminded me of a princess trying to get away from paparazzi and ended up in a car crash.
It also seems like a reminder that dreams don't come true after one night off from slaving away. You have to work towards them. 

The staff are paid to look miserable and sad. They are willing to take photos with you, as long as you don't smile. Many will tell you that the art work you see are rubbish and they have each done amazing at holding on to character. 

So don't smile and don't laugh. I can still tell you this, if you ever get inside Dismaland you will not regret it. The boldness and the smartness of these artist and truly eye openers. You only have a couple of weeks left.

Claire