Sacrilege - lifesize Bouncy Stonehenge on tour until the 9th Sept Modern Stone Circle England

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**Sacrilege - lifesize Bouncy Stonehenge on tour until the 9th Sept** submitted by Creative Commons : Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller's interpretation of Stonehenge - "Sacrilege" (a 20ft-high inflatable creation) - was first shown on Glasgow Green as part of the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. The photograph was made with the Android Platform application Retro Camera (specifically the "Hipsteroku" feature with added "light leaks") during a heavy rain shower with associ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sacrilege is a life-size replica of Stonehenge made as a fully operational bouncy castle. It is on tour of the UK from 21 Jun 2012 - 9 Sep 2012 as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad Events. Sacrilege was designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller.

"It’s something for people to interact with, it's a big public sculpture", says Deller.

This Thursday 21 June it will ‘pop up’ for the first time at the National Botanic Garden in Carmarthenshire to mark the opening day of the London 2012 Festival. The work will then travel around the UK, finishing at Preston Guild on 9 September, the last day of the Paralympic Games and London 2012.

Tour Dates

21 June – Carmarthenshire, Wales
24 June – Redruth, Cornwall
26 June – Exeter, Devon
29 June – Marlborough, Wiltshire
7 July – Flag Fen, Peterborough
11th July – Wakefield, Yorkshire
15 July – Gateshead
20 July – Milton Keynes, Fishermead
21/22 July – Greenwich, London
25 July – Brent, London
28 July – Westminster, London
29 July – Sutton, London
31 July – Ravenscourt Park, London
1 August – Hampstead Heath, London
2 August – Clapham Common, London
4 August – Southwark, London
5 August – HIllingdon, London
7 August – Newham, London
9 August – Crystal Palace, London
10 August – Alexandra Palace, London
11th August – Christchurch Green, London
12 August – Lee Valley Park, London
18 August – College Green, Bristol
26 August – Belfast
9 September – Preston

More at the London 2012 Festival and the Sacrilege web site.

Note: New video (scroll down) featuring huge bouncy replica of Stonehenge and festival fun including your esteemed webmaster/editor making an idiot of himself.

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