Somehow, Carrie Reichardt’s “Mad in Stoke” getting nixed after its opening night is the raviest fate we can imagine for such an installation.
On September 23rd, an installation called “Mad in Trent” dedicated to UK city Stoke on Trent‘s place in rave history made its debut at the British Ceramics Biennial (BCB). Thanks to noise complaints from nearby residents, it can no longer operate as planned, however.
The brainchild of ceramics artist Carrie Reichardt, “Mad in Trent” consisted of a 1969 Ford Zephyr covered in a mosaic whose pieces included iconic acid house smiley faces and depictions of Mitsubishi…
