Byron Bay council spends $55,000 building a 'giant silver dildo' – infuriating locals who say the 12 metre sculpture is an embarrassment
- Byron Bay Council installed a $55,000 sculpture in centre of $5.7m roundabout
- The artwork was completed on Thursday and has residents in uproar over it
- '...intends a marker initiating a welcome rathe than warning...in Byron Bay'
- The image was shared to Facebook with residents resembling it to a dildo
A council-funded sculpture built in the heart of Byron Bay has infuriated locals.
The 'public art installation', part of a new $5.7 million roundabout in the centre of the sleepy surf town in far north NSW, was completed on Thursday.
The 'lighthouse' installation, which cost taxpayers $55,000 to build, was described on the council website as an 'optical illusion... both a journey and a destination'.
'The work intends to provide itself as symbol, a marker initiating a welcome rather than warning, an echo of the talismanic emblem of Byron,' it continued.
But locals, unimpressed with the undeniably phallic design and hefty price tag, were quick to hit out after a photo of it was posted to a local Facebook page.
'The work intends to provide itself as symbol, a marker initiating a welcome rather than warning, an echo of the talismanic emblem of Byron'
The 12 metre high landscape cost taxpayers a whopping $55,000 and was erected in hopes of providing 'a beacon and repository of memory, an injection of whimsy, poeticism and playfulness into the everyday'
'Looks like a razor wire sex toy,' one commented.
'It looks too Industrial and not Organic enough for the Byron Bay vibe. A local artist would have got that. Nothing about that says 'cheer up, slow down, chill out.' More like 'cock up, 55k down, locals want it out!',' another wrote.
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'A Christmas phallus for Byron and we're the d***s who are paying for it!' another commented.
'What a cock up,' another person wrote.
'Hahaha Byron council can't even fix a pot hole but they spent $52,000 on a new giant dildo,' another wrote.
'Hahaha Byron council can't even fix a pot hole but they spent $52,000 on a new giant dildo,' another wrote
