The joylessness at Dismaland is intentional. Photos: Reuters
This place is unreal. A dilapidated pub, a desperate-looking big wheel and grim promenade perfectly express the melancholy of the British seaside. But that’s just Weston-super-Mare (an English seaside town near Banksy’s home city of Bristol), on a cloudy morning.
Dismaland is even stranger. Or so I hope, as I join the very first visitors to Banksy’s “Bemusement Park” waiting to see what lies behind a miserably gothic sign on the battered facade of a decaying lido.
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