The Tropicana , an outdoor consortium in the small British resort township of Weston - superintendent - Mare , has been empty since it closed15 long time ago . But before then , the nipper who acquire up to be the internationally - famous graffiti artist known as Banksy used tospend time at the facility . This past January , Banksy go back to Weston - superintendent - Mare and , after a sojourn to the abandoned Tropicana , settle to give the rundown vacation finish unexampled purpose : The presently - to - be - openedDismaland .
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The deftness has been transformed into a dystopian entertainment park that serves as an interactional exhibition space for Banksy and more than 50 other artist , let in Damien Hirst , Jenny Holzer , and Jimmy Cauty . Past the fake airdrome security are unforgiving spins on county fairish classic , centered around a decay interpreting of Disneyland ’s Cinderella castling .
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The park is " a festival of art , entertainment , and entry horizontal surface anarchism , " Banksy writes in a statement shared with the press . " [ A ] family musical theme park unsuitable for children . "
so as to keep construction under wrap , local officials were told that a product ship’s company had chosen the site as the filming location for the crime thrillerGrey Fox(a whole phoney movie boasting avery real IMDB page ) . Some people suspected the artist ’s involvement , but town officials told theBBCthat even on the North Somerset Council , only four people knew what was really happening behind the Tropicana facade .
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admission price to the grim musical theme common — unfastened from August 22 through September 27 — will congeal you back just £ 3 . But if you ’re interested in going , be inclined to participate : Banksy wrote that " A dead princess is only complete when surrounded by gawping crowd with their tv camera out or the chance to photograph yourself pull an amazed locution when a killer hulk leaps from a toilet . "
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