As you may know if you follow my blog, there is an open field at the end of Harley street in the Westhaven neighborhood near campus where people leave chairs and tables. There is no park in this community, and the land I believe is owned by Reno Depot just next door to the plot. The other part of the field is occupied by community gardens where locals grow vegetables, it has a sign saying that it is sponsored by Reno Depot. Good to know that a prominent business has the interests of the local community at heart since the city seems to neglect the needs of Westhaven. So these chairs and tables represent more than just discarded furniture, people sit here and relax outside, not to mention the evidence that they smoke and drink too, so its a kind of novelty outdoor pub as well! Artistically its neat to juxtapose kitchen furniture against the foliage and the fence that separates the train tracks from the field. Ironically, a no littering sign adorns the fence.
New Chair and Table in Field, watercolour 5 x 7" 80lb, May 2024
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