Art Banksy opens “The Walled Off Hotel” in Bethlehem
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Banksy opens “The Walled Off Hotel” in Bethlehem

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Giulia Pacciardi
Banksy apre 'The Walled Off Hotel' a Betlemme | Collater.al

Did you ever expect the worst view of the world from a Presidential Suite window?
The answer should be no, but today could also become ‘yes’.
Banksy, after the super scary Dismaland theme park, decided to open a nine rooms hotel and made it one of the most distressing places where you might find yourself spending a night.
Cameras pointed at the restaurant’ tables, irremediably broken elevators, Israeli security towers just outside the windows, paintings representing bombings, flowerpots behind bars and a museum where you can find a mannequin showing the signature of the Balfour declaration.

The Walled Off Hotel is just a few meters from the controversial West Bank barrier and it is staffed by local people, none of whom knew the identity of the owner until today.

A new provocation signed by Banksy that also said: “Walls are hot right now, but I was into them long before Trump made it cool.”

How to blame him.




 

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Written by Giulia Pacciardi

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