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Phone Box For The People, by Daniel Silk on Apr 5, 2006 15:21:29 GMT 1, 5/4/2006
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Phone Box For The People, by mido on Apr 5, 2006 18:10:45 GMT 1, any more info oh wise one???
is this Banksy? a new one I assume?
any more info oh wise one???
is this Banksy? a new one I assume?
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Phone Box For The People, by gm on Apr 5, 2006 22:16:43 GMT 1, Argh! I was only around the corner from there at lunchtime today. Wish I'd known about that sooner, I would have detoured past it on my way home.
Won't be at t'office now til Friday or Monday, and it'll have been carted off by then and I won't see it 
I'd have been much more impressed, tho, if it had appeared there before the one in the gallery down the road. Is the Street Art an afterthought now?
Argh! I was only around the corner from there at lunchtime today. Wish I'd known about that sooner, I would have detoured past it on my way home. Won't be at t'office now til Friday or Monday, and it'll have been carted off by then and I won't see it I'd have been much more impressed, tho, if it had appeared there before the one in the gallery down the road. Is the Street Art an afterthought now? |
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Phone Box For The People, by bige on Apr 5, 2006 22:55:59 GMT 1, I hear that its now gone!
Cant have been on the street for much more than an hour 
hmmmm  Not really for the people was it?
I hear that its now gone! Cant have been on the street for much more than an hour hmmmm Not really for the people was it? |
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Phone Box For The People, by Daniel Silk on Apr 6, 2006 15:43:32 GMT 1, It is all a bit strange 
Did anyone yet an email from Banksy saying about this new piece being unveiled in London?
hmmmm? ? ?
It is all a bit strange Did anyone yet an email from Banksy saying about this new piece being unveiled in London? hmmmm? ? ? |
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Phone Box For The People, by monochrome on Apr 6, 2006 17:13:54 GMT 1, did he do one for the thinker? only the hoxton statue had a 'press release' and people in joe public there.
its all about raising the profile - stunts in public places, galleries, museums etc.
did he do one for the thinker? only the hoxton statue had a 'press release' and people in joe public there.
its all about raising the profile - stunts in public places, galleries, museums etc.
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Phone Box For The People, by Daniel Silk on Apr 6, 2006 18:22:55 GMT 1, I cant remember if the thinker had an email release, but I was just think about the more recent Justice statue and the Glastonbury treasure hunt 
I cant remember if the thinker had an email release, but I was just think about the more recent Justice statue and the Glastonbury treasure hunt |
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Phone Box For The People, by Daniel Silk on Apr 7, 2006 10:18:05 GMT 1, www.thisislondon.co.uk/londoncuts/articles/22246750?source=Evening%20Standard
Operator, I've been cut off...
By Tom Teodorczuk, Evening Standard
6 April 2006
An old red phone box lies smashed against a wall on a Soho street corner. It appears to have been sawn in half before being roughly stuck back together.
A closer look reveals that a pickaxe is embedded in its metalwork and a pool of something that looks suspiciously like blood marks the point where it was severed.
You could be forgiven for believing this is the work of vandals but it is the latest offering from art terrorist Banksy, who has branched out from his usual form of expression - graffiti - to create the dismembered phone box.
A decommissioned shell bought by the famously secretive artist, it appeared in Soho Square yesterday morning. It proved an attraction with office workers, traffic wardens and drinkers who throng the area. As our pictures show, even policemen seemed amused by it.
And British Telecom declared itself impressed. A spokesman valiantly sought to put a positive spin on the piece, claiming: "This is a stunning visual comment on BT's transformation from an old-fashioned telecommunications company into a modern communications services provider. Can we have one for reception?" But Westminster council did not see the funny side.
By yesterday lunchtime it had removed the phone box because Banksy had failed to apply for planning permission.
The move infuriated the 31-year-old artist - famous for his "guerrilla" artwork and insistence on keeping his true identity a mystery - so much that he broke his habitual silence to issue this statement: "Graffiti artist vandalises phone box shock. Banksy makes use of a pickaxe in Soho Square. Removed by Westminster council today at 14:00 hrs. Much to the disappointment of locals."
Banksy's previous stunts include creating a 3.5-tonne bronze spoof of the Old Bailey's statue of Justice in thigh-high PVC boots and suspender belt, and stencilling a 5ft image of two Pcs in a gay embrace on a wall near Carnaby Street.
He also once famously fooled visitors to the National History Museum into believing that a stuffed rat wearing sunglasses, a silver chain and a backpack, which he had deposited inside the gallery, was a genuine exhibit.
Visitors to the British Museum were similarly taken in by a "cave painting" of a primitive man pushing a supermarket trolley which the artist left in the gallery of Roman British artefacts.
In an article for the Evening Standard this year, Banksy observed: "One of the main reasons people flock to London from all over the world is the flash-bang-wallop of its vibrant "yoof " culture. They do not come here to be dazzled by an all-pervading air of common sense."
A spokesman for Westminster said: "Although Westminster council is keen to encourage public art, we do try to be careful about where it is sited. We have suggested that Tate Modern look after his work until he can collect it."
• Christina Aguilera recently paid £25,000 for three of Banksy's works during a trip to London. One image featured a pornographic picture of Queen Victoria.
www.thisislondon.co.uk/londoncuts/articles/22246750?source=Evening%20StandardOperator, I've been cut off... By Tom Teodorczuk, Evening Standard 6 April 2006 An old red phone box lies smashed against a wall on a Soho street corner. It appears to have been sawn in half before being roughly stuck back together. A closer look reveals that a pickaxe is embedded in its metalwork and a pool of something that looks suspiciously like blood marks the point where it was severed. You could be forgiven for believing this is the work of vandals but it is the latest offering from art terrorist Banksy, who has branched out from his usual form of expression - graffiti - to create the dismembered phone box. A decommissioned shell bought by the famously secretive artist, it appeared in Soho Square yesterday morning. It proved an attraction with office workers, traffic wardens and drinkers who throng the area. As our pictures show, even policemen seemed amused by it. And British Telecom declared itself impressed. A spokesman valiantly sought to put a positive spin on the piece, claiming: "This is a stunning visual comment on BT's transformation from an old-fashioned telecommunications company into a modern communications services provider. Can we have one for reception?" But Westminster council did not see the funny side. By yesterday lunchtime it had removed the phone box because Banksy had failed to apply for planning permission. The move infuriated the 31-year-old artist - famous for his "guerrilla" artwork and insistence on keeping his true identity a mystery - so much that he broke his habitual silence to issue this statement: "Graffiti artist vandalises phone box shock. Banksy makes use of a pickaxe in Soho Square. Removed by Westminster council today at 14:00 hrs. Much to the disappointment of locals." Banksy's previous stunts include creating a 3.5-tonne bronze spoof of the Old Bailey's statue of Justice in thigh-high PVC boots and suspender belt, and stencilling a 5ft image of two Pcs in a gay embrace on a wall near Carnaby Street. He also once famously fooled visitors to the National History Museum into believing that a stuffed rat wearing sunglasses, a silver chain and a backpack, which he had deposited inside the gallery, was a genuine exhibit. Visitors to the British Museum were similarly taken in by a "cave painting" of a primitive man pushing a supermarket trolley which the artist left in the gallery of Roman British artefacts. In an article for the Evening Standard this year, Banksy observed: "One of the main reasons people flock to London from all over the world is the flash-bang-wallop of its vibrant "yoof " culture. They do not come here to be dazzled by an all-pervading air of common sense." A spokesman for Westminster said: "Although Westminster council is keen to encourage public art, we do try to be careful about where it is sited. We have suggested that Tate Modern look after his work until he can collect it." • Christina Aguilera recently paid £25,000 for three of Banksy's works during a trip to London. One image featured a pornographic picture of Queen Victoria.
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Phone Box For The People, by BANK5Y'S-BOY on Aug 25, 2006 14:19:20 GMT 1, how do people find out where and when the sculptures get unveiled  like the statue of justice? because i heard a lot of banksy's fans were there. ? ;D
how do people find out where and when the sculptures get unveiled like the statue of justice? because i heard a lot of banksy's fans were there. ? ;D |
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Phone Box For The People, by Daniel Silk on Aug 25, 2006 14:54:31 GMT 1, how do people find out where and when the sculptures get unveiled like the statue of justice? because i heard a lot of banksy's fans were there. ? ;D
Join the Banksy emailing list on his website he normally emails you about stuff only on the day that it happens so you need to be really on the ball, and be able to travel about fast I think I have only ever had about three emails from him so I would not hope for much
how do people find out where and when the sculptures get unveiled like the statue of justice? because i heard a lot of banksy's fans were there. ? ;D Join the Banksy emailing list on his website he normally emails you about stuff only on the day that it happens so you need to be really on the ball, and be able to travel about fast I think I have only ever had about three emails from him so I would not hope for much |
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Phone Box For The People, by HowAboutNo on Aug 25, 2006 17:52:25 GMT 1, I may just be a complete t*t but I cant find anywhere to sing up to a mailing list on his site? Looked at every page?
I may just be a complete t*t but I cant find anywhere to sing up to a mailing list on his site? Looked at every page? |
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Phone Box For The People, by Daniel Silk on Aug 25, 2006 18:04:14 GMT 1, I may just be a complete t*t but I cant find anywhere to sing up to a mailing list on his site? Looked at every page?
ahhh, Sorry Mate Maybe he has stopped doing it.
Cant get an internet connection when he's sat on the beach in the sun sippin some Moet ;D
I may just be a complete t*t but I cant find anywhere to sing up to a mailing list on his site? Looked at every page? ahhh, Sorry Mate Maybe he has stopped doing it. Cant get an internet connection when he's sat on the beach in the sun sippin some Moet ;D |
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Phone Box For The People, by BANK5Y'S-BOY on Aug 29, 2006 0:15:19 GMT 1, thanks well i hope i can work it out lol. if it has been taken off i just hope some 1 forwuds it onto the forum.
thanks well i hope i can work it out lol. if it has been taken off i just hope some 1 forwuds it onto the forum. |
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Phone Box For The People, by hobgoblin on Aug 21, 2011 18:03:08 GMT 1, hope these are okay to post
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Not really for the people was it?
like the statue of justice? because i heard a lot of banksy's fans were there. ? ;D
