"A city amusement park for the proletariat was about to open right before the Chernobyl disaster struck. So, Plan C [the group] took to scavenging too, sawing off bed frames from leaky abandoned hospitals and various loose parts to build a carnival ride. Somehow, they convinced the health and safety authorities and border guards of six countries (bribes?) and hauled the Chernobyl junk chain carousel to Manchester. Passerby were invited to take a spin. And they did. And that’s that. “Nothing lofty.”"
This begs the question: do the effects of your monument need to be known? In this installation it appears that participants were informed of the nature of this ride (and people still participated anyway) what would this mean if no one was informed? What if no one knew?
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