B of the Bang

Following on from my little rant about the prospect of a huge modern art sculpture being dumped on Ilfracombe, news today that a £2 million pound piece of outdoor modern art has been sold for scrap and raised £17,000 for Manchester Council. The sculpture was Bof the Bang, which was a spikey looking thing put in place for the Commonwealth Games a few years ago. It had to be removed after great big metal spikes started falling off.

As I have said earlier these modern art sculptures are a really ineffective and expensive way of revamping areas. Just think what £2 million could have bought in ready to plant 8-12ft ornamental trees such as Olives, Yews, Yuccas, Acers etc. This would have been enough for a whole area and now a few years after the games is over the place would be looking better than ever, as the trees would be even more mature. The 2 million would be benefiting the area for decades to come, not just a flash in a pan like B of the Bang.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168655/B-bang-Commonwealth-Games-sculpture-melted-scrap-metal-fell-apart.html