Friday 28 August 2015


ROLL UP! ROLL UP! NOTHING NEW TO SEE HERE. SOME COLLECTORS BECOME FAMOUS FOR THEIR ACQUISITIONS, THEIR LEGACY A PIRATE'S HOARD OF PLUNDERED AGES. 

AT WHAT POINT DO LOST OBJECTS BECOME DESIRABLE AGAIN? THE FIGURE OF A WOMAN EMERGES AT THE DOORWAY OF THE CLUTTERED SHOP FRONT. SHE HAS THE LOOK OF SOMEONE PASSING BY AND, AS SHE SHAKES HER HEAD, SHE HALF TURNS BACK TO WHERE HER CHILDREN HOVER BEHIND A TOWER OF ABANDONED SUITCASES. NOT TODAY. HER BLANK EXPRESSION IS ALREADY MINDFUL OF THE RAIN BUT THEY MOVE NOISILY AND WITH SLOWER GESTURES. THEY ARE STILL LOOKING.