The Banksy House is home to one of the best-preserved pieces of Banksy art remaining on the streets.
the last untouched piece from Banksy’s definitive series, The Great British Spraycation.
And we have plans for it…
Just to avoid any confusion, while the art on the Banksy House is officially verified by Banksy as being his work, The Banksy House Project is not an official BANKSY™ endorsed endeavour. But then Banksy would probably say that wouldn’t he.
Once Upon a Time, there was a walL…
on an old house… next to a bus stoP… opposite a disused Victorian gasworks… on the edge of an industrial estate… IN an old seaside town on the furthest Eastern tip of England.
one day, Banksy decided to go on holiday there.
and get busy.
“ There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place. ”
- BANKSY
ORIGINS
Banksy’s Great British Spraycation and the fate of the art he left behind.
In the Summer of ‘21, as the good citizens of the UK were released from their second COVID lockdown, Banksy dropped 10 pieces around the East of England coast, as part of his Great British Spraycation series.
Then, predictably, the brick-cutter-wielding art establishment, taggers and Great British weather got involved. And nearly won their battle of annihilation.
But they didn’t. One piece escaped.
AND ITS STaYING WHERE IT BELONGS.
on the wall.
WTF WOULD YOU DO?
THE BANKSY STAYS ON THE WALL
So WTF would you do if Banksy left a memento on the side of your house? Cut the wall out and sell it to a Dubai hedge fund? Try to forget about it?
Or keep it on the wall and try and figure out something interesting to do with it? That’s our plan.
We needed inspiration, and found it in an old Banksy quote.
NEVER BORING
Banksy’s inspiration(?), the encoded message and BEING ‘Never Boring’.
The piece on The House stands out from most of Banksy’s work. It’s not political, satirical or subversive. It just dumps a moment of faded elegance against the grimy surroundings of the gasworks and old fish warehouses, and lets you make your own mind up.
So what’s the story. Why this piece? Why this wall?
We have a theory and it lead us down a rabbit hole of possibility.
THE WALL IS OUR CANVAS
THE HOUSE IS THE ART
The Art stays on The House, so The House becomes The Art a gathering point for artists, collectors and venture culturalists.
A headquarters for a global public art project.
ok. so WTF IS THIS?
It’s the most interesting thing you’re going to do today, so hit the WTF button and begin your journey.
You’ll need 5 mins to get to the end of the story and answer a few questions before we let you in.