"Mister, is that supposed to be an art fing...."

"Mister, is that supposed to be an art fing that's been left over there or is it just a van that caught fire?" said the gang of ten year old BMX kids who live in the neighbourhood and always come in to Cultivate to ask such good questions (and possibly try and nick my cans of spray paint). That van has been for a couple of days now and no one can resist looking in or kicking it, no one had tagged... it yet, but it is proving to be the most popular piece of 'art' in Vyner street this week.


We'll be open down at Cultivate again today, I know we don't usually open on Mondays, but this is a bank holiday and your last real chance to see the Art Is For Life show and it really was the point that we don't stop for Christmas and art galleries aren't about cheap mince pies and mulled wine and "pop up" gift shops and so many people have been coming down the street looking for art over the last week. Hard to compete with the art in the street this week though and I do rather like the idea that a burnt out van in Vyner street automatically has the local kids thinking it to be an art installation rather than just a burnt out van and that they didn't listen to the cynical 50 something who was passing by and told them not to be silly and that it was "just an insurance job"