Omobono Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 more seaweed being piled up today and I see a black barrier has been installed in front of a zebra crossing on the sea side of the promenade just before the Empress , its actually blocking the tactile paving that blind and poorly sighted people use to identify a safe place to cross , so now pedestrians have to walk around it to cross is it part of the preparations for the construction of phase 2 of Hadrians wall ? who knows only money still being wasted down there , and is it the Corporation or the DOI who have responsibility for the beach ? cant quite work that out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 6 minutes ago, Omobono said: more seaweed being piled up today and I see a black barrier has been installed in front of a zebra crossing on the sea side of the promenade just before the Empress , its actually blocking the tactile paving that blind and poorly sighted people use to identify a safe place to cross , so now pedestrians have to walk around it to cross is it part of the preparations for the construction of phase 2 of Hadrians wall ? who knows only money still being wasted down there , and is it the Corporation or the DOI who have responsibility for the beach ? cant quite work that out I saw that the other day. Absolute genius. I take it they will paint those scabby railings they have just put in before easter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bees Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) They’re to put a bust in the ever popular (never seen anyone in it) Hutchinson park, replacing a sundial - why could we not have both? Bit bonkers imho. Edited January 16 by 2bees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 4 hours ago, 2bees said: They’re to put a bust in the ever popular (never seen anyone in it) Hutchinson park, replacing a sundial - why could we have both? Bit bonkers imho. Why celebrate holding someone prisoner for a year with a bust at all? Kurt would probably be like "Er, thanks but no thanks." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the shred Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 They have got to put it somewhere I expect the connection is Hutchinson square was where some prisoners of war were housed. If there was room in that brilliant little museum near the airport that has a great collection of wartime historical memorabilia it could have gone there now that is worth a visit and run by volunteers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Did DBC buy the bust? [Reminds me of old films - "Is this some kind of bust? Yes, it's very impressive"] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 16 hours ago, Two-lane said: Did DBC buy the bust? [Reminds me of old films - "Is this some kind of bust? Yes, it's very impressive"] No it was donated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 17 hours ago, Two-lane said: Did DBC buy the bust? [Reminds me of old films - "Is this some kind of bust? Yes, it's very impressive"] They are asking the arts council for a grant for a plinth to put it on, I guess DBC will have to pay for any associated works. Is the arts council funded 100% by the tax payer? Feels like Seagull 2.0, did that ever appear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 59 minutes ago, cissolt said: They are asking the arts council for a grant for a plinth to put it on, I guess DBC will have to pay for any associated works. Is the arts council funded 100% by the tax payer? Feels like Seagull 2.0, did that ever appear? Mostly funded from Lottery Grants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the shred Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Yes I had forgotten about the seagull, what happened to that. I have a few live ones I would be delighted to donate if they still feel the idea has legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 2 hours ago, Andy Onchan said: Mostly funded from Lottery Grants. No, it gets a direct sum from the lottery duty tax. Here is the 22/23 funding. Nothing goes from Lottery Trust to IoM Arts Council. Lottery Trust also gets all the dormant assets funds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 On 1/16/2024 at 12:26 PM, slinkydevil said: Why celebrate holding someone prisoner for a year with a bust at all? Kurt would probably be like "Er, thanks but no thanks." I love it when people presume to speak on behalf of the long dead. Maybe he'd be happy that a fellow artist got a bit of work. Personally I think commemorating a place where he was able to create work despite less than ideal circumstances isn't a bad thing. This is an interesting piece. https://vanabbemuseum.nl/en/collection/isle-of-man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 @slinkydevil it’s not just celebrating Kurt Schwitters, but the flowering of art, science and philosophy that took place there, in the most unlikely of circumstances. Hutchinson “P” Camp was a hotbed of artistic and academic endeavour. These weren’t Nazis, they were refugees, people who had escaped Austria and Germany, and were legally in the UK, who were caught up in the hysteria of the early days of the war. It’s been described by some historians as “the most elite university in the world” in 1940/1. It was like a university. Older writers, painters, musicians, sculptors, scientists, philosophers, teaching younger. Some were very young, fresh off the kindertransport. Others were married to Brits, but still had German nationality, and had lived in the UK for years, teachers, academics, scientists. It was the greatest concentration of artistic talent the Island has ever experienced. Some were shipped off to Canada and their ship was torpedoed. Most were let go within 12 or 18 months and contributed to valuable allied war work. I knew a lady, a doctor who qualified in Vienna in 1936, Jewish, fled before Anschluss. Wasn’t allowed to work in England as a Dr by the BMA. Worked as an unqualified nurse supporting her younger sister. Sent to IoM and interned on Port St Mary prom, in Rushen Camp. After 12 months she was released. BMA recognised her qualifications. She worked in hospitals in London all through the war, and then became a GP in London’s East End. She was typical. There are two or three reasonable recent books on Hutchinson, as well as Connery Chappell’s “ Island of Barbed Wire “ Ark of Civilisation The Island of Extraordinary Captives Barbed Wire University 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 (edited) Turns out all we need is a good storm like in Ramsey recently, which has exposed feet of wall to the point hat the base it was built on has been exposed. Powerful thing nature. Edited February 24 by CrazyDave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the shred Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 If we have a good storm all the graffiti, sorry artworks, and little shiny forty grand lights will suffer so no storms please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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