19Nov/090
£150k to send ‘artists’ to Arctic for ‘inspiration’
Here is something I found on the blog of David Thompson, seemingly £150,000 of Arts Council (read "taxpayer's") money was spent on sending a gaggle of arty types to the polar regions, "to inspire the creative team to respond to climate change".
Highlights include the projection of images onto a glacier, the opening of a CO2 cylinder (profound) and the collection of poppies. It is unknown what the 'carbon footprint' of the carbon-footprint-awareness junket was (seemingly always the case).
£150,000 of your and my money well spent then.
Full details here: http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2009/11/artists-for-gaia.html
