Doormat tested in the name of art

A man is receiving a council pay-out for walking on the spot on a doormat all day long in a Northumberland town.



Performance artist Ian Thorley from Derbyshire is being paid £1,600 for his week-long "Utilitarian Utopia" in Ashington's main shopping street.

He wears a badge stating he is a government doormat tester and the project aims to be "thought provoking".

You can see a video of Ian testing doormats here.