I don't believe it!

joanlawson
joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
edited 7. May 2011, 18:21 in Community Chit-chat archive
I think I'm rapidly turning into Victoria Meldrew :!: :shock:

A so-called artist has been paid thousands of pounds by Derbyshire Art Fund and Derbyshire County Council to take photographs of motorway signs on the M1. He has turned the photos into 45,000 postcards to be given out free at Tibshelf Service area
( Don't all rush at once :!: Just what you always wanted on a long journey :roll: )

Mr Smith ( the artist ) said the project examines what he calls the "non-place" of the motorway, where visual stimuli are "pared down to the bare minimum – the grey of the concrete, the white of the road markings as they zip by underneath you, the green of the grass verge and the droning pitch of tyres on tarmac".

Yes...........right :roll: :roll:

I'm now submitting my photos of the Emperor's new clothes for consideration.

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Artist-paid-thousands-public-money-photograph-M1-road-signs/article-3517411-detail/article.html

Joan
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Comments

  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'll take a dozen of those wonderful shorts that the Emperor is wearing Joan..
    It amazes me what they let these people get away with..
    At least you are safe in the knowledge that what you do IS art hun..

    Tony
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  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Joan
    Well you think you have seen everything, then up they pop with another silly idea that cost the taxpayers a fortune.....I think I will take some pictures of zebra crossings... :roll: you never know :lol:
    Barbara x
    Love
    Barbara
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    well i bagsy doing the photos of drain covers,
  • annie_mial
    annie_mial Member Posts: 5,614
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I just can't make up my mind between lamp standards and telegraph poles!

    Annie
  • bertyboy
    bertyboy Member Posts: 1,860
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    coco67 wrote:
    well i bagsy doing the photos of drain covers,
    you stand no chance on that one they have all been nicked for scrap
    I know i am a lady ,all life is a journey xx MAY xx
  • NinaKKang
    NinaKKang Member Posts: 663
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    It's good isn't it?? When they're cutting back on funding for the emergency services and other vital stuff, at least we can rest in the knowledge that we have lots of pictures of the signs on our motorways - no sorry, correction, POSTCARDS of the signs on our motorways!

    I'm off to open another bottle of wine!

    Nxx
  • bubbles
    bubbles Member Posts: 6,508
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Such waste never ceased to amaze. Truly it doesn't. It used to, well, it still does make me so mad when you read of what money is wasted on quango's and diversity officers and other such drivel, costing millions and they still want to close hospitals and cut vital services, police, medical and nursing staff - Fuming. I did see something about the art prize, going to some lady who had strung a rubber sheet up on what looked like 4 pegs :shock: :shock: I am going to take a picture of my knickers on the airer and see if I can get a huge lottery grant, watch this space. :x :x
    XX Aidan (still known as Bubbles).
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 6. May 2011, 09:55
    Hi folks, and thank you for your replies. There's some great ideas for future works of art on here: zebra crossings, drain covers, telegraph poles, and even Bubbles' knickers :!: :lol::lol: I reckon we could win the Turner Prize between us, no trouble at all :lol:

    Joan
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  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Joan,

    As you know i don't get modern art less done by an Ellie :wink:

    that one is, however, still better than the plank on 3 guys head.....

    Hugs to you and purrs to Tommy, Cris xx
  • prefabkid47
    prefabkid47 Member Posts: 1,316
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    bertyboy wrote:
    coco67 wrote:
    well i bagsy doing the photos of drain covers,
    you stand no chance on that one they have all been nicked for scrap

    Yeah,and I got a good price for them.
    Unfortunately I'm not entitled to any benefits (not being here illegally) and got to pay for my future care home costs somehow.
    ''Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy''. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Prefabkid, you should have just stacked them up in a pile, called them an installation, and thought up a good title eg. 'The Drain On My Resources' Someone would have paid you millions for them :P

    Joan
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