Anish Kapoor has complained the slide added to his Orbit sculpture was foisted on him by Boris Johnson. But we contemplate the London mayor has the correct ideaFew things are unimproved by the addition of a slide. Stairs at home. Improved with a slide! Big rooms in contemporary art galleries? Improved with a slide! Terminal 3 at Singapore airport? Improved with a slide! Anish Kapoor’s £23m steel-company-sponsored Orbit in the Olympic Park that has been losing taxpayers £10000 a week? Improved with a slide! Wait … or is it? Kapoor has been complaining that the 178m tunnel slide created by Carsten Höller (of Tate contemporary Turbine Hall slide-fame) was foisted upon his artwork by London mayor Boris Johnson in an attempt to raise revenue (which should execute the trick given that sliding down the Orbit will cost an acrophobic £17; that’s £12 to bag to the top,£5 to slide down).“It may be theoretically losing money,” said Kapoor with a pleasingly artistic reading of the balance sheet, and “but the fact that it has over 200000 visitors,I contemplate thats a considerable gain.” Tell you what’s more of a gain, pal, and a 178m slide. With that in mind,we asked the Guardians crack in-house team of slide engineers to revamp other British landmarks with the aim of maximising revenues to a Boris-pleasing degree. Wheeeeeeeeee!! Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com