Thread: Chinese commercialism?

Park in China, come equipped with a coin-operated timer. You must pay to sit on a bench, after time is up, metal spikes shoot out from the seat ...



Park officials in China have found a way to stop people from hogging their benches for too long - by fitting steel spikes on a coin-operated timer.

If visitors at the Yantai Park in Shangdong province, eastern China, linger too long without feeding the meter, dozens of sharp spikes shoot through the seat.

The spikes are too short to cause any serious harm - but long enough to prevent people from sitting on them comfortably.

According WebOrange, Park bosses got the idea from an art installation in Germany where sculptor Fabian Brunsing created a similar bench as a protest against the commercialisation of modern life.

"He thought he was exaggerating. He didn't foresee that a very practical country like China might actually use them for real," said one criti

Originally Posted by rick130

Life imitating art

And these days, any old piece of tripe seems to be called "art" by the "arts community" - so I guess anything is possible.