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Silbury Hill

Silbury Hill

Seriously, I now think my days of building in stone are over. I have blotted my copybook with Arts Council, certainly NorthEast, by taking them to the Ombudsman over what is and what isn't art. They don't even reply to me anymore. Which could be the subject of complaint but - why bother? Many artists use or incorporate or celebrate found objects. Why, or how, can this be 'allowed' if it is a scrumpled packet of cigarettes but not allowed if it is a burial mound or a stone circle? (This morning I found both a bike and an allotment garden - which of these is art?) Thanks for your suggestion though. I could do it with film, perhaps, or radio.

"or radio"

Ho yes, a solstice alignment on the radio, the Arts Council absolutely couldn't resist that! ;) Sounds like a Turner prize candidate as well.

Well clearly, adding something with artistic intent to an ancient burial mound is Art and any organisation that says it isn't is lying. They might say with some truth that it's vandalism but there's overwhelming evidence that the arts establishment regards vandalism as art.

It's a shame your stone building days are over. Public astro-archaeological art is mostly done in a very limited fashion. http://replicahenge.wordpress.com/
There's more to the sky than a single solstice.