Gps Coordinates / 52.5946898,1.7306869
Banksy VR Bus Shelter Admiralty Road Dancers
GPM6+4Q6, Christmas Island 6798, Christmas Island
Since Banksy announced that this was one of his pieces, Great Yarmouth Borough Council installed a perspex cover to protect the work.
Artwork spotted in Great Yarmouth depicts people dancing on a bus shelter, with another playing the accordion at the side.
Gps Coordinates / 52.5946253,1.7308342
First the bus stop was closed off and temporarily moved with barriers erected both in front of it and on the other side of the road. Secondly the entire piece has been perspexed but it remains visible and in excellent condition although the clear views have been spoiled.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 52.5947803 / Gps Link 52.5945996 / Gps Link 52.5945532
Gps Coordinates / 52.5947803,1.7306846 / 52.5945996,1.7307075 / 52.5945532,1.7307395
Titled ‘A Great British Spraycation’ it follows him on his weekend tour – in a beaten up camper van loaded with cans of spray paint – always being careful not to reveal his identity. Protective measures has now been applied to all of the remaining pieces.
Nearby a grade II listed Victorian gas tower structure looms over the scene.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 52.5945036 / Gps Link 52.5944071 / Gps Link 52.5945456
Gps Coordinates / 52.5945036,1.7307267 / 52.5944071,1.73073 / 52.5945456,1.7309927
Dance to the tune of a flat-capped accordion player, in a black and white painting evoking the faded, down-at-heel feel of many of the country's once-prosperous seaside resorts.
Viewing from March 2011 is the closest i could find to triplets from Banksys Aug 2022 view Artwork that could have inspired him perhaps.
Gps Coordinates / 52.5946366,1.7308011
The council, who couldn’t have wished for a better time for Bansky artwork tour to start popping up over their town (they currently have a City of Culture bid in), have thanked the artist for “all the wonderful artwork” and have even suggested that Banksy is endorsing their bid by choosing Great Yarmouth as a location.
