{"id":8825,"date":"2024-07-03T02:02:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T02:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/?p=8825"},"modified":"2024-07-03T02:02:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T02:02:38","slug":"banksy-floats-raft-at-glastonbury-festival-to-warn-of-worsening-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/?p=8825","title":{"rendered":"Banksy floats raft at Glastonbury festival to warn of worsening migrant crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Friday, June 28, a Banksy work &#8211; an inflatable life raft and prop passengers &#8211; was quietly unveiled during a concert by British punk rock band Idles at the Glastonbury festival. Video taken by concertgoers<strong> <\/strong>Photos posted on social media showed thousands of spectators crowd-surfing and lifting the raft above their heads as the band sang the pro-immigrant song &#8220;Danny Nedelko&#8221; (2018).<\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>The life raft, which held eight fake passengers wearing orange life jackets, was very similar to the ones used by refugees crossing the English Channel from North Africa and Southwest Asia to the UK. In 2023, more than 29,400 people arrived in the UK in small boats crossing the rough waters of the English Channel. The migrant crisis has attracted widespread attention over the past decade, with mass drownings in the English Channel and the Mediterranean. <\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, anonymous street artist Banksy confirmed they had released a raft into the crowd at Glastonbury Festival by posting video footage of the event on Instagram. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>While the prop migrant boat was one of the most talked-about moments at the Idles concert, it certainly wasn\u2019t the only political message: The band also led thousands of fans in a collective chant of \u201cFuck the King!\u201d and called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza at the end of the concert. The band told <em>guardian<\/em> They didn&#8217;t know about the life raft stunt until after the show. The life raft also made an appearance during rapper Little Simz&#8217;s show on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Raft<strong> <\/strong>The piece appeared to divide opinion on social media, with X users arguing over whether it was a brilliant commentary on the asylum seekers\u2019 experiences or offensive <strong>\u2014 <\/strong>Conservative politician James Cleverly <em>Sky News<\/em> In the interview, he called the rafts &#8220;despicable&#8221; and promised to prosecute criminal gangs and &#8220;people smugglers.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;uploadedSrc&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/prop-migrant.jpg&quot;,&quot;figureClassNames&quot;:&quot;aligncenter size-full&quot;,&quot;figureStyles&quot;:null,&quot;imgClassNames&quot;:&quot;wp-image-930675&quot;,&quot;imgStyles&quot;:null,&quot;targetWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;targetHeight&quot;:746,&quot;scaleAttr&quot;:false,&quot;ariaLabel&quot;:&quot;Enlarge image&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"485\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/prop-migrant.jpg?resize=780%2C485&amp;quality=95&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-930675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/prop-migrant.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=95&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/prop-migrant.jpg?resize=720%2C448&amp;quality=95&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/prop-migrant.jpg?resize=768%2C477&amp;quality=95&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/prop-migrant.jpg?resize=1024%2C637&amp;quality=95&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/prop-migrant.jpg?resize=400%2C249&amp;quality=95&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/prop-migrant.jpg?resize=706%2C439&amp;quality=95&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2024\/07\/prop-migrant.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=95&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Enlarge image\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-style--right=\"context.imageButtonRight\" data-wp-style--top=\"context.imageButtonTop\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video posted by Banky on Instagram showed thousands of spectators holding the raft aloft during Idles&#8217; performance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In recent years, the UK and European governments have introduced stricter border enforcement measures and anti-immigration policies to stop refugees from making these dangerous journeys. To this end, the UK Parliament passed controversial legislation in April to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda; hours later, five migrants died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Banksy funded a secret ship to help North African refugees trying to reach Europe. The boat, painted bright pink and featuring Banksy&#8217;s original children holding heart-shaped lifebuoys, rescued 89 people. Last year, Italian authorities seized the boat for violating Italian laws on non-governmental rescue ships.<\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<section id=\"block-27\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/930795\/banksy-floats-raft-at-glastonbury-to-warn-of-worsening-migrant-crisis\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, June 28, a Banksy work &#8211; an inflatable life raft and prop passengers &#8211; was quietly unveiled during a concert by British punk rock band Idles at the Glastonbury festival. 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