Tuesday 2 October 2007

the abandoned toilet














greetings and salutations to all.
this is a place i discovered on a walk a few months ago... the remains of what would appear to be an old toilet block situated lone amidst a collection of trees.
scattered over and beneath the ground and its foliage were around 20-30 old discarded vinyls. i took most of the unbroken ones away with me, and used them to create the artwork for the sorrel mini cd-r release. they used to play a strange mixture of old 80s music, dance, and rather silly 'easy listening' compilations of classical music. all crackling and picking up these flickers of dust.
i also discovered a strange rusted jar with some unidentified red object floating in this murky water. out of curiosity i took this away with me, but have not braved opening the lid.
i have revisited the spot several times since and unearthed many other treasures beneath the soil.. (photos of which can be found here) and i am sure i will always be finding new things here.

1 comment:

Constantin Dubois said...

Thanks for the story, that's a good one. How people throw away and even sometimes bury things they don't want anymore, or things between junk and waste, that always fascinates me. How does one get to bury a bunch of easy listening vinyles near an old toilet brickhouse ? How do you decide to throw your children's stroller at the water ?...