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Yeah that's pretty much what the lady told me, and it cost £90,000.
I guess tourism is a plus, it bought me in and I bought a pasty, a Danish and a coffee, so 30,000 more me's and it's community neutral.
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I guess tourism is a plus
Not sure the Cornish locals really see it like that any more. Get the sense they would love to have some year-round industry.
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of course they hate it. they always do. I'm not saying there's nothing better to spend the money on but if you made that, sold it, took a comission, installed it all for 90K that's a bargain. I bet the contract to maintain those plater beds is more than that.
Richard pears has the right idea
"A sculpture that nobody gave a damn about would be a complete waste of everybody’s time. I would take a talking point over a boring piece of art any day.”
It's better and 10 times cheaper than an anthony gormely which seems to be the go to nonsense for public sculpture https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-56169714
NickCJ
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Yeah it hasn't gone down too well locally. It is linked to the China Clay industry/heritage of the area but in such a deprived area, the general feeling (so I have heard) is money could have been spent on something perhaps a little more useful.