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| Banksy's Dismaland opens in Weston-super-Mare for final day | Banksy's Dismaland opens in Weston-super-Mare for final day |
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| Visitors to Banksy's Dismaland are touring the pop-up "bemusement park" for the final time later. | |
| Five weeks ago the elusive Bristolian led other artists in filling a derelict lido at Weston-super-Mare with thought-provoking art and installations. | Five weeks ago the elusive Bristolian led other artists in filling a derelict lido at Weston-super-Mare with thought-provoking art and installations. |
| Tourism bosses say the dark attraction has brought more than 150,000 paying visitors and £20m to the seaside town. | Tourism bosses say the dark attraction has brought more than 150,000 paying visitors and £20m to the seaside town. |
| Once dismantled, all the fixtures will be sent to the Calais refugee camp "to build shelters", its website says. | Once dismantled, all the fixtures will be sent to the Calais refugee camp "to build shelters", its website says. |
| Among the exhibits are a dilapidated fairy castle, a distorted mermaid and a pond of migrant-filled boats. | Among the exhibits are a dilapidated fairy castle, a distorted mermaid and a pond of migrant-filled boats. |
| Banksy previously said many of the works required "audience participation". | Banksy previously said many of the works required "audience participation". |
| "A dead princess is only complete when surrounded by gawping crowds with their cameras out, or the opportunity to photograph yourself pulling an amazed expression when a killer whale leaps from a toilet," he added. | "A dead princess is only complete when surrounded by gawping crowds with their cameras out, or the opportunity to photograph yourself pulling an amazed expression when a killer whale leaps from a toilet," he added. |
| "I guess you'd say it's a theme park whose big theme is 'theme parks should have bigger themes'." | "I guess you'd say it's a theme park whose big theme is 'theme parks should have bigger themes'." |
| Kath Cockshaw, art producer | Kath Cockshaw, art producer |
| Artist friends went and reported feeling incredibly moved by some of what they'd seen - they came back feeling that it was time for their own art to get political. | Artist friends went and reported feeling incredibly moved by some of what they'd seen - they came back feeling that it was time for their own art to get political. |
| I thought the work on show by Banksy and other artists was both reflective of some of the worst socio-political atrocities we are living through, and audacious in its message and production. | I thought the work on show by Banksy and other artists was both reflective of some of the worst socio-political atrocities we are living through, and audacious in its message and production. |
| Banksy is the street art king of meaning. | Banksy is the street art king of meaning. |
| I'm not sure whether street art will be welcomed in Weston-super-Mare the way it is in Bristol, but it sure has contributed massively to that town's cultural and retail economy. | I'm not sure whether street art will be welcomed in Weston-super-Mare the way it is in Bristol, but it sure has contributed massively to that town's cultural and retail economy. |
| I hope Dismaland has inspired local young people politically, socially and artistically. | I hope Dismaland has inspired local young people politically, socially and artistically. |
| On Friday, controversial Russian punk band Pussy Riot joined De La Soul and surprise guest Damon Albarn for a live evening event, a Masked Ball. | On Friday, controversial Russian punk band Pussy Riot joined De La Soul and surprise guest Damon Albarn for a live evening event, a Masked Ball. |
| The final viewings take place at 11:00, 14:00 and 19:00 BST. | The final viewings take place at 11:00, 14:00 and 19:00 BST. |
| More than 50 international artists have been involved at the site chosen by Banksy after the artist walked past the old lido six months ago. | More than 50 international artists have been involved at the site chosen by Banksy after the artist walked past the old lido six months ago. |
| The Tropicana outdoor pool and leisure facility closed in 2000 because of falling visitor numbers and had been left abandoned since. | The Tropicana outdoor pool and leisure facility closed in 2000 because of falling visitor numbers and had been left abandoned since. |
| But North Somerset Council said it had already lined up other events for the site. | But North Somerset Council said it had already lined up other events for the site. |
| "We have three or four arts-based events lined up already to take place in the building after the Dismaland show has been dismantled and more in the planning stages," said a spokeswoman. | "We have three or four arts-based events lined up already to take place in the building after the Dismaland show has been dismantled and more in the planning stages," said a spokeswoman. |
| "This will allow us time to discuss with the market the longer-term arrangements for the building which Dismaland has demonstrated has potential as a space for arts and performance." | "This will allow us time to discuss with the market the longer-term arrangements for the building which Dismaland has demonstrated has potential as a space for arts and performance." |