Ominous Big Heads Floating Toward You

June 27, 2020 1:48 AM

Beware, the Big Heads are coming for you over the meadows. By Artist Bedwyr Williams. (Via)
posted by growabrain (16 comments total)

Zardoz has spoken.
posted by zengargoyle at 2:43 AM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

To contextualise these, the heads are all the head of Dominic Cummings, the power behind the throne of Boris Johnson, and a political appointee on the science panel advising the UK gov. At the height of COVID in the UK, Cummings drove 400 miles with his wife and child. He then proceeded to visit several local landmarks, despite having possibly being infected. And then he drove 60 miles 'to test his eyesite', before driving back. All of this was entirely counter to the advice being given by the government
posted by The River Ivel at 2:49 AM on June 27, 2020 [6 favorites]

... and then Johnson refused to sack him. Despite the enduring disgust of the British people, Cummings is still in post today,
posted by Paul Slade at 2:52 AM on June 27, 2020 [6 favorites]

@The River Ivel, aha! I did not know that!
posted by growabrain at 2:53 AM on June 27, 2020

This isn't my work. Attribute is in the original mltshp post. I asked the artist if I could post them and got no response, so I'm expecting one day to be told to take them down.
posted by poo rusher at 3:34 AM on June 27, 2020 [3 favorites]

I also wish Cummings had driven to Bournemouth this week to 'test his eyesight'
posted by poo rusher at 3:37 AM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

@zengargoyle because I've never seen Zardoz, now I understand more of the message....
@poo rusher oh i was not aware of that... oh well... here we are
posted by growabrain at 3:42 AM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

I do sort of want the head to be yelling "THE GUN IS GOOD! THE PENIS IS EVIL!" but that would be too on the nose.
posted by sonascope at 5:02 AM on June 27, 2020 [3 favorites]

Yeah the "gun is good" line maye too on the nose, but how about the lesser known following bits of the speech, about going forth to kill the brutals, to cleanse the earth? Could be OK...
posted by Meatbomb at 7:38 AM on June 27, 2020

"Incoming message from the Big Giant Head!"
posted by SansPoint at 8:25 AM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

I think I saw these on Bedwyr William's instagram feed, so I thought they were his?
posted by The River Ivel at 8:28 AM on June 27, 2020

I thought the battle against the giant heads in the sky was long past.
posted by the Real Dan at 11:45 AM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Booo, Not Cool!
posted by boilermonster at 10:16 PM on June 27, 2020

They are Bedwyr Williams videos, I attribute them in the mltshp posts. Growabrain if you could update this post I think that would be more preferable and I would appreciate it. I am only the messenger.
posted by poo rusher at 4:30 AM on June 28, 2020

Poo rusher, There’s no way to change the original post, but the artist is here
posted by growabrain at 1:01 PM on June 28, 2020

Mod note: Updated the post wording, let me know if that's not correct
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 9:09 PM on June 29, 2020