[Humour] Banksy

[Bozza]

The Director's Cut. It was supposed to shred the whole thing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxkwRNIZgdY

What I still don't understand is the first video said something like "we built a shredder into the frame in case it was ever auctioned", which suggests this picture was not sold by Banksy, or an associate, but rather by someone else. As such, assuming this picture was out in the wild for some period of time, would batteries to power the shredder have retained their charge?

 

[Driver8]

The Director's Cut. It was supposed to shred the whole thing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxkwRNIZgdY

What I still don't understand is the first video said something like "we built a shredder into the frame in case it was ever auctioned", which suggests this picture was not sold by Banksy, or an associate, but rather by someone else. As such, assuming this picture was out in the wild for some period of time, would batteries to power the shredder have retained their charge?

Connected to the mains apparently as its backlit.

 

[Bozza]

Connected to the mains apparently as its backlit.

You can see the Sothebys chaps just lift it off the wall - there's no obvious sign of wiring.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

If it had worked properly, and ALL the artwork had fallen out of the frame, then I think they buyer may have thought about accepting the offer of a refund.

However, with it finishing half out, its probably increased it's value by a fortune.

Everyone wins.

 

[Driver8]

You can see the Sothebys chaps just lift it off the wall - there's no obvious sign of wiring.

I see what you mean. Looks like it’s all staged anyway tbh!

 

[Hugo Rune]

If it had worked properly, and ALL the artwork had fallen out of the frame, then I think they buyer may have thought about accepting the offer of a refund.

However, with it finishing half out, its probably increased it's value by a fortune.

Everyone wins.

This.

The buyer had the value of his purchase doubled just after the bang of the hammer.

Genius.

 

[beorhthelm]

The Director's Cut. It was supposed to shred the whole thing...

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What I still don't understand is the first video said something like "we built a shredder into the frame in case it was ever auctioned", which suggests this picture was not sold by Banksy, or an associate, but rather by someone else. As such, assuming this picture was out in the wild for some period of time, would batteries to power the shredder have retained their charge?

and setup suggests someone would be around to trigger the shredder. i like the fun of this setup but dont like the pretending about it. if they wanted the whole thing to shred the whole thing would shred. but shred an expensive piece of art someone sues, half shred a Banksy and its a peice of performance art.
btw you can see the battery at 14sec.

 

[Hugo Rune]

btw you can see the battery at 14sec.

I wonder if the battery was flat and that led to the half shred?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I’m now of the opinion it was a staged piece of performance art. And I don’t have an issue with this, I actually think it’s quite clever.

 

[beorhthelm]

I wonder if the battery was flat and that led to the half shred?

fair point, though id expect a near flat battery to slow down. ive watched again and it stops dead.

 

[Birdie Boy]

I like it but that is staged big time.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Finally named?

“The Daily Mail report that the street artist Banksy, almost definitely the most famous graffiti artist in the world, has been named as 53-year-old Robin Gunningham.”

 

[Questions]

I am Banksy and so is my wife.

 

[The Clamp]

I think this has been an open secret for a number of years now?

 

[Hugo Rune]

I think this has been an open secret for a number of years now?

I thought he surname would have been Banks. Absolutely gutted. This strange world can catch you out some times!

 

[Frankie]

It feels like the unmasking of Kendo Nagasaki,in my head I had a image of a Japanese Samurai type chap and in reality it turned out to be a Dave from Doncaster reveal.

 

[schmunk]

I think this has been an open secret for a number of years now?

Indeed - e.g. in this other Daily Mail article from over 8 years ago...

Banksy the graffiti artist unmasked as a former public schoolboy

For years the identity of art’s most notorious renegade has been a closely guarded secret - but a Mail on Sunday investigation suggests he's really a nice middle-class boy called Robin.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I think this has been an open secret for a number of years now?

Tho there's an alternate school of thought that says Banksy is Robert del Naja of Massive Attack

 

[pocketseagull]

Tho there's an alternate school of thought that says Banksy is Robert del Naja of Massive Attack

Think that mostly came from an interview with Goldie where he referred to Banksy as Rob and people put 2 and 2 together and made 5.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Finally named?

“The Daily Mail report that the street artist Banksy, almost definitely the most famous graffiti artist in the world, has been named as 53-year-old Robin Gunningham.”

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Needs a bit of Hiney art...