A rusty North Sea offshore oil rig has arrived off the British coast to appear as part of large Government art project - once dubbed 'The Festival of Brexit'. The 'See Monster' aims to “inspire conversation about the repurposing of large industrial structures and design-led solutions to sustainable futures''.
The decommissioned 450-tonne rig was transported by sea on a flatbed barge as large as a football pitch. It arrived at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset and will be taken to its new home of the Tropicana - where Banksy's Dismaland was based.
The entire construction will be 35m tall – 15m taller than the Angel of the North and just 11m shy of Nelson’s Column. It is scheduled to open to the public on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
