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Created for the final FRED, this piece consisted of a digital display scrolling statistics about culture and Cumbria gleaned from a survey I carried out. It was located at Windermere Train Station.
I also created a set of badges with some of my favourite facts.
The survey was carried out by me and consisted of, well, actually I'm not an anthropologist, so you'll just have to trust my methodology.
Below are the statements I placed on the display.
48% of pianists like Kendal Mint Cake
91.3% of people who have climbed Helvellyn drive
21.4% of British Sea Power fans have been to China
70.2% of people who have been to Keswick think that tomorrow will “be better”
A third of forty-somethings have visited Dove Cottage
34.4% of people who consider themselves ‘creative’ last went to a wedding, rather than a funeral or a Christening
36.1% of drivers know who Kurt Schwitters was
Two-thirds of people who received a single Valentine in 2008 know who A Wainwright was
84% of visitors to Dove Cottage voted in their county’s last General Election
Only 7.1% of people who have walked around Tarn Hows have seen Kylie Minogue
87.5% of people who know the pencil was a Cumbrian invention prefer Coke to Pepsi
78.3% of football fans have read Beatrix Potter
78.6% of people with private pensions would rather visit Tate Modern than a Garden Centre
65% of Helvellyn climbers would like to be seen as intelligent rather than generous
Only 41.1% of people who have been to Keswick have a private pension
53.7% of Beatrix Potter readers, who expressed a preference, consider themselves ‘dog people’ rather than ‘cat people’
35.3% of people with at least one grandparent have received a speeding ticket
29.4% of voters in their country’s last General Election have climbed Helvellyn
No American visitors to Keswick have seen Kylie Minogue
77.8% of visitors to China have read Beatrix Potter
Only 18.5% of people who have walked around Tarn Hows have at least one grandparent
Only 16.7% of twenty-somethings have heard of Kurt Schwitters
52.8% of people who would rather go to Tate Modern than a Garden Centre have received speeding tickets
Two-thirds of Arsenal fans have been to Keswick
