The greatest day in the land of the dismal..

Okay, so opinions are opinions and we have to respect them even if we don't maybe entirely agree at all.  But I personally really enjoyed my visit to 'Dismaland', and it also hasn't by any means lessened my desire to visit a Disney park (hopefully in January, kids. Eep!!). Not that I think that was ever really the intention, but just fyi, ya know... Also, I guess it's hardly surprising that he decided to situate the park in the South West, but I felt a certain kind of privilege to have it be so close to me, especially as I'm well aware it has drawn in crowds from all across the UK (and overseas — Darren Criss' instagram nearly had me keeling over, to be honest).

That said, I'd be all too happy to have had to go the extra mile (or more), because it was fantastic. I'm a modern art kind of gal (although Banksy is calling this stuff post-modem, so sorry for failing in my artistic knowledge), so this was right up my street. I love art that talks about the here and now, reflects current affairs and issues in our society as opposed to paintings of some lardy dah king or queen who has long since kicked the bucket. Not to say I don't appreciate good art when I see it — I think actually with older pieces, especially paintings, I enjoy looking at technique more than anything in how they applied the paint, what mediums they used, that sort of thing. But my favourite pieces of art are most definitely those that make me think, whilst also managing to be very aesthetically pleasing to the eye. 'Dismaland' had that by the bucket load (what's with all these 'bucket idioms today, Alice?), all coming under the theme of a typical, slightly old-school amusement park. The music was particularly creepy, my sister commenting that it reminded her of the type of music they play in TV and films in an abandoned town or park. Think horror film.

There was a real atmosphere created and I thought that was a very successful component in really executing and engaging the harrowingly realistic ideas portrayed in a lot, if not all, the artwork. It made you stop and think and, more than once, made this slightly twisted, masochistic smile warp its way onto my mouth because of how horrifically accurate some of the things were. Anyway, hopefully my small selection of my photos have done most of the talking.