Rubbish ! by neiwil
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In 2013 local artist Frank Lund was walking along the beach at New Brighton, he found a long, straight piece of driftwood and for no reason wedged it upright between some rocks. A man asked " what are you doing "? Franks reply was " I don't know yet ". The man's young son asked " can you make a Pirate ship " ?, and the New Brighton ' Black Pearl ' was born. As Frank scoured the beach for anything useful, passers bye stopped to help and soon a ship began to take shape. At first it was an oddity, the tide came in and washed it away, Frank came back and rebuilt it, with help from eager locals. A gang of local youths with no imagination set fire to it, and the tide came in and washed it away. Frank and a growing band of supporters set to work again. The 'Black Pearl ' became an attraction, the local council dumped rocks and sand to build a base above the high tide line and the Black Pearl became a semi permanent feature. As I've shown before, we get some really rough, high tides and the ship suffers....but Frank and his volunteers are soon down, fixing her back up again....with this the ship changes and grows. People passing on the beach find 'things' and add them as they pass..... is it rubbish ? is it art ? is it something more ? I don't know but I do like it....hope you do too....
Comments (9)
taliesin86001
This is just so awesome!
GrandmaT
A fantastic idea and wonderful community project. I'm glad they keep rebuilding it.
Faemike55
one of the best examples of inter-active art I've seen in a long time I love it
Maxidyne
There is a lot of questions about what is and isn't art. Personally I don't see someone's bed with a lot of crap around it being art but this is creative at least so in my mind it is art. Cool post mate but I don't see it getting a certificate of sea worthiness :-)
T.Rex
Thanks for posting this. Art, yes, many creative people involved. There's a controversial Swedish artist named Jan Vilks who made "Nemesis" on the rocky beach of a national park (it just HAD to be there, provoking the powers that be). This was over 10 years ago. It's STILL an object of debate and hate. Made of drift wood, just like the Black Pearl. But looks more like a primitive multi-storey dwelling. My hat's off to the local council for their support! Such is not often seen in cases like this! More photos maybe? Keep up the good work! :-)
android65mar
Fantastic work and what an amazing story. Art I guess is in the process and the intention so for me that suggests it is art!
Froggy Online Now!
It's something positive and gets a lot of folks involved so personally I think Frank has done (is doing) his job. I was wondering yesterday what the "Black Pearl" was (apart from the obvious answer from Hollywierd.
flavia49
I like it
debbielove
Well now, if your honest, its just rubbish, but....if you are a kid (or if I was lol) I'd love it lol Remember when you built den's out of anything, well same thing.. Only thing is its a shame so much rubbish is lying on what was once a clean beach.. Neat job mate. Rob