Showing posts with label pointless. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pointless. Show all posts

Friday, 27 February 2009


This to me is a seminal piece of work by Banksy, although his work now has become very commercialised, the viewer is reminded of early wall slogans depicting the troubles in Ireland and Berlin. Who's side are we looking at, is it from the Israeli or Palestinian side? I wonder what the thinking behind using children in this is.... The hole in the wall depicts Utopia albeit somewhat hurricane swept. BBC's Alan Johnston says 'there's no space left in Gaza, no parks, no grass, but there is a beach, it's Gaza's only playground, as Samehh the lifeguard put it, it's where people go to breathe'
To me it reminds me of a fading lens shutter on a camera, maybe blocking all hope, the last glimmer.

Wednesday, 11 February 2009

i like it how drinking tea, hugging empty car parks and devising plans of kidnapping music students and tieing them to fake train rails are all very valid parts of dériving. and how each dérive brings up a whole more possibilities of different possible dérives, or just random ideas in general. it's like it gives space to do things that would usually be considered a waste of time or pointless, because....thats the point? is the point to spend some time pointlessly? i'm not sure, but i like that concept. i'm way too achievement-focused in normal life.