2015

ST3160 : Dismaland - Refugees

taken 9 years ago, near to Uphill, North Somerset, England

Dismaland - Refugees
Dismaland - Refugees
The remote controlled boats at Dismaland were packed with refugees or boat people ... what else would you expect?
Dismaland

Banksy's ironic take on Disneyland, "Dismaland" took over the old and derelict Tropicana swimming pool in Weston Super Mare and converted it into a theme park like no other. A distopian "pleasure" ground with dereliction and morbidity as its themes, with surly attendants who would go out of their way to be rude to you!
Some very clever artworks and some distinctly left-leaning politics imbued the place with a doubly surrealist feeling - making it quite an experience.
The ale and food was far from dismal, though carnivores might be unhappy with the latter as the entire site was "meat free" to accord with Banksy's vegetarian ethics.
Rather like visiting what you might imagine a pre-unification East German theme park to be like if run by the Stasi - except that the irony was obvious, and everyone was actually thoroughly enjoying themselves. It was also exceedingly inexpensive to visit - just £3 on the door or £5 if you booked online - though the queuing was somewhat extensive - an hour for pre-booked tickets and anything up to 5 or more hours for "walk ups".
Dismaland was an enormous, exuberant success which brought a huge boon to the finances of Weston during its brief run.


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Geographical Context: Sport, Leisure Public buildings and spaces City, Town centre Derelict, Disused Primary Subject: Theme Park other tags: Weston Super Mare Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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ST3160, 388 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 24 September, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 29 September, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 3166 6063 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:20.4379N 2:58.9497W
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OSGB36: geotagged! ST 3166 6063
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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