In the town of Paisley, near Glasgow, acclaimed Scottish artist Anya Gallacio has unveiled her latest installation: a vacant retail unit on a struggling high street, covered in chocolate. Staged by local gallery Jupiter Artland, the installation is expected to give the town's centre a much-needed boost.
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00:00I feel we can cut each other some money that we have earned, and it might be a few overstocks,
00:05and sometimes we've got more than we need.
00:12He's in, um, what's his name?
00:15Um, I think he's his constituent.
00:17You okay?
00:18Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:23Oh.
00:25Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate.
00:29Oh, I'm so old.
00:33I'm so old.
00:36It's three layers, it's painted with three layers of chocolate,
00:40um, and it's actually quite hard to paint initially,
00:44like, because you have to paint it really carefully,
00:46but, um, quite quickly you'll get it all up your arms and stuff like that
00:50with the best will in the world, or intentions to be tidy and organised.
00:56It's quite a chaotic material.
01:08People will come and they will have lots of different experiences,
01:10some people will love it, some people might really not like it,
01:13but it's encouraging people to think about it while also bringing people into our town centre and reanimating it.
01:34We're right on the High Street, in a mall,
01:37in a High Street that's struggling at the moment,
01:40and we're bringing art for free to people who are simply walking by
01:45and are curious about what's happening in this previously abandoned store.