Artist Luke Jerram wants to build a 300-foot-long slip-and-slide right down the middle of a street in Bristol, England. That is God’s work you are doing, Luke.
It might seem absurd, but it actually has a shot of happening: being a slip-and-slide, all they’d need would be some tarps and a hose (OK, maybe a bit more), and Jerram says he’d only need the street for one day in May.
The reason? It would allow “people to see their city in a new light”, and serve as “a simple architectural intervention and a playful response to the urban landscape”.
Plus, you know, it’s a giant water slide.
The road in question, Park Street, is on a hill, and its steep incline has led to its prior use for stuff like soapbox racing. So there’s precedent for wacky stuff like this.
He’s after ÂŁ5,622, and has raised just over ÂŁ3,000 at time of posting.
Park and Slide[Spacehive, via Fast Company]
