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The SEE MONSTER is a decommissioned North Sea Oil Rig repurposed into one of the UK’s largest public art installations with the aim to inspire global conversations about reuse, renewables and the great British weather. Sited in the former 1930s lido, "Tropicana" in Weston Super Mare that has previously played host to artist Banksy`s Dismaland the imposing structure dominates the sea front and includes the cascading roar of a 10-metre waterfall, shimmering scales a "Garden Lab" featuring a solar power flower kinetic sculptures and a "Wind Nest". The structure also features a Cloud machine and a slide between levels. The See Monster is part of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK. A once-in-a-lifetime celebration of creativity, taking place across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and online from March to November 2022. 

I took a dismal trip to Banksy`s Dismaland in Weston Super Mare. Billed as "The UK`s most disappointing new visitor attraction !" the "Bemusement park" as its known features an alternative take on the theme park experience. There's lots of depressingly dismal things to see from the "dismals" who tell you to "get out and not come back" to the riot van slide and fly tip puppet review you can be sure this certainly isn't Disneyland. My short film aims to give a flavor of just some of the works on display and the experience of visiting Banksy`s show at the former Tropicana lido in the town from the security gates through to the Exit through the gift shop at the end. some dismal images follow.