Bristol - The Art of the Prank

December 8, 2013December 15, 2023

Alien Jellyfish Hoax

From Joe King:

The ‘alien jellyfish’ WAS a hoax!
by Ellie Zolfagharifard and Sarah Griffiths
DailyMail.co.uk

Glowing creature in Bristol harbour turns out to be publicity stunt for a TV programme

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Videos of light appeared on YouTube with many claiming it to be an ‘alien’

Biologists suggested it may be a marine salp which has drifted off course

But it turns out the ‘alien’ creature was placed in the harbour to promote a new TV programme about magic that will air on Watch.

…The guerrilla campaign was created to launch a new show called “˜The Happenings”™ on Watch, which features the magicians “˜Barry and Stewart”™ and is made by the producers of Derren Brown.

…It launches on Monday December 9 at 9pm on Watch.

Read the rest of this article and watch the video here.

August 19, 2011December 15, 2023

Banksy’s Antics Roadshow Ads

Updated and corrected August 19, 2011:

From John Lundberg of circlemakers.org:

Banksy also played around during The Antics Roadshow ad breaks. Here’s a compilation of his handy-work.

Here too is a recent piece he put up outside Bristol on the M32, which is featured in one of the ad breaks. In our earlier post, we suggested it might be part of the ‘See No Evil’ street art project that starts on August 20, 2011 in Bristol. But, apparently it’s not… Funny, none-the-less.