Sunday, July 23, 2006

See, I told you surveillance cameras were dangerous

Two people were killed and more than a dozen injured Sunday in Durham, England when an inflatable art piece half the size of a football field became airborne, rose 30 feet into the air and 60 feet downwind, then crashed into "a CCTV camera" mounted on a pole -- which is what the British call their ubiquitous police-installed surveillance cameras. The description of the art piece sounds really cool:
The 50m by 50m installation was designed by international artist Maurice Agis, who witnessed the accident and attempted to intervene. It consists of inflated rooms connected by tunnels and is made from very thin PVC sheets forming 115 multicoloured cells. Visitors wander the exhibit wearing coloured capes so they "become part of the artwork", according to its website.
Yes, the piece has its own website. Judging by the pictures that thing is really big. Was.

No comments: