Thursday 29 October 2009

Medway Cultural Strategy

All I can say , is "Go and look at this abomination":

http://www.medwayculturalstrategy.co.uk/


Having done that, have a think abut why I felt it was my civic duty to write the following:

"This may well enthuse career artists and other opportunists, but I am sickened. You cite the towns' heritage in your executive summary (who is that aimed at? It's written in 'Otherspeak'!), while some of the most beautiful things in Medway have either been torn down (the Theatre Royal), are falling down (Sun Pier) or about to be demolished (Aveling and Porter). The genuine, independent creative community in Medway (i.e. those who are not awarding themselves and each other grants and awards on taxpayers' money) are simply trying to galvanise themselves to stop Medway Council from destroying the towns, when we should be diving for pearls".

Comment or ignore. I'll be screaming at the sheer face of dumbed down bullshit. You know where to find me.