Another Brexit Flop

[Canary42]

Less than 1% of the target turned up at the Festival.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/festival-brexit-falls-spectacularly-short-082945192.html

[Old_Geezer]

Another ?!?!

Money is short and folk less than enthusiastic. Hardly going to be the festival name that kept them away. Either they felt up to an arts event, or they didn't. Clearly the population isn't up to appreciating art when they have other (war & pandemic caused) issues.

[roopower]

I've not hrard about it until now and know nothing about it. I tend not to do 'arty' things at all.

[Buenchico]

66 million visitors/participants? Isn't that roughly the entire population of the UK?

So it seems that the organisers either expected every person in the country (including infant children, people in care homes and prisoners) to get involved or they expected very large numbers of overseas visitors to participate.

Looking at the remaining events in the programme, I see that there's nothing at all here in East Anglia. Even though I'd quite like to see the See Monster installation in Weston-super-Mare, I can't see it really meriting the 470 mile round trip that I'd need to take to view it!
https://unboxed2022.uk/unboxed-2022-event-listing

[FatticusInch]

Buenchico
//66 million visitors/participants? Isn't that roughly the entire population of the UK?//

Maybe they were expecting some EU citizens to enjoy the festivities too? Lol

[naomi24]

I’ve never heard of it. Anyone? Honestly?

[FatticusInch]

Not heard of it, ever….

But I’ve not seen anything manifest itself yet either that alludes to JRM’s official contradiction-in-terms title either.

[jno]

a series of events, so I dare say the plan was that individuals would attent more than one event. This seems not to have occurred; perhaps the nation's Brexiteers have coincidentally been impoverished.

[mushroom25]

the lack of interest by the public in these events wouldn't happen to have anything to do with the totally universally appealing subject matter, would it?
https://www.polinations.com/whats-on - the Birmingham "Unboxed" event -
Sept 2nd - the possibilities of decolonial practice within art and horticulture
Sept 3rd - discuss the role plants played in the colonial project and how imperialism shaped our gardens.
Sept 10th - clearly a day to involve your children, when almost every presentation contains the warning "contains strong language"
Sept 17th - Drag Queen Story Time with Yshee Black - for the little ones celebrating the imagination and play of the gender fluidity in childhood, while giving kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models.

[FatticusInch]

jno
//a series of events, so I dare say the plan was that individuals would attent more than one event. This seems not to have occurred; perhaps the nation's Brexiteers have coincidentally been impoverished.//

…..or the realisation has dawned that it’s an absolute catastraf**k of epic proportions and are wishing for a time machine?

[naomi24]

Mushroom, What a load of old rubbish. Can’t think why it wasn’t a sell out!

Jno, cheer up. See above. It’s not about money at all. :o)

[jno]

could be. I never got the emaiil from Ticketmaster anyway, so I wasn't planning to go.

Apparently this is/was it

///We’re lifting the lid on 10 awe-inspiring new ideas, shaped across science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics by brilliant minds working in unexpected collaborations. Unmissable events and unforgettable experiences are coming to places and spaces right across the UK: from coastal towns and city centres to breathtaking areas of natural beauty.///

https://unboxed2022.uk/

[ToraToraTora]

Looks like another 5C love in! What do you want to happen? All brexit voters hang their heads in shame and beg to rejoin? You lost get over it.

[andy-hughes]

The government should have learned from the Millennium Dome fiasco - art and politics do not mix.

Politicians trying to use art for their own ends routinely fall flat on their ignorant faces because art is beyond control, something they cannot comprehend.

I know nothing about this festival, but calling it 'Unboxed' is asking for trouble because it's a meaningless millennial red-braces piece of tosh as a label, and would put me off, if I had heard of it, which I haven't.

[andy-hughes]

jno - // ///We’re lifting the lid on 10 awe-inspiring new ideas, shaped across science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics by brilliant minds working in unexpected collaborations. Unmissable events and unforgettable experiences are coming to places and spaces right across the UK: from coastal towns and city centres to breathtaking areas of natural beauty.///

Having read that, I wish to quadruple the level of disdain from my earlier response.

[andy-hughes]

jno - I have just read the first page in your link, and I am torn between a desire to laugh, throw up, and bang my head on the desk until the blood runs out of my ears.

Who employs these people, and why?

[jno]

andy, the problem with the dome exhibition, as you may know, is that VIPs had to stand outside for ages before being allowed in for the opening. Paul Dacre was one of them, and ordered that nobody should ever say a good word about it in the Daily Mail (I heard this from a Mail reporter).

But as you may also know, it was the most popular paying UK visitor attraction in 2000, and has remained very successful, routinely ringing up the highest ticket sales in the world.

There are fiascos and fiascos.

[naomi24]

Why is it called the Festival of Brexit? I had a quick look at the website and it appears to be sponsored by all our governments because it’s an ‘art’ thing but I didn’t see a mention of Brexit.

[ToraToraTora]

First I've heard of this BS! Festival of Brexit, my April! PMSL!

[davebro]

You can't attend something you didn't know was happening. Maybe if they had promoted it better...

[naomi24]

Canary’s heading should read ‘Another load of rubbish’.