Bench dark room its slab construction a record

its slab construction a record of the hands that built and then left it

A grease gun lies where someone left it

debris collected on the floor below

the structure intact but stripped of purpose

The space sits within a factory complex that produced glass on this site for over 100 years

Bench dark room its slab construction a recordA counter thick with dust holds a bottle of Super Pine disinfectant and a green wrapped Winning Post package, surrounded by small forgotten objects on worn timber. Behind them, the wall is covered floor to ceiling in overlapping Opera House Lottery tickets, layer upon layer of faded paper. This is the bench inside Marina Picture Palace on Gardeners Road, Rosebery. Part of the Marina Picture Palace series.