Decay Theme

Localising Material Accessibility

Diagram Map Aesthetic Architecture Biodiversity Change Climate Community Connection Creatures Decay Doughnut Future Growing Identity Imagination Industry Material Nature Opportunity Pollution Potential Regenerative Sustainable System Transport

Aesthetics of decay, worn-out remnants, decline post-industrial. Beautiful ruins. Fragments of the past.

Text Cloudy Damp Mild Aesthetic Beauty Broken Care Decay Material Past

Social Street Elevation

Collage Actions Care Curiosity Decay Emotion Future Imagination People

Building Deterioration

Photo Aesthetic Architecture Broken Climate Decay Learning Material Opportunity Past Potential Sustainable

Rotten wooden wall

Text Pouring Rainy Broken Care Decay Material

Ferns growing in the drain pipe

Text Cool Overcast Care Control Decay Growing Nature Plantlife

Abandoned cafe, broken furniture, hanging wires

Text Cool Overcast Broken Decay Ownership Unused Waste

Exposed brickwork where tiles have fallen off

Text Cool Overcast Architecture Broken Care Decay Material

Old cinema - lack of culture - pigeon's world

Text Creatures Culture Decay Old

Buddleia and ferns growing in the guttering reaching for the sky

Text Cool Overcast Beauty Care Control Decay Growing High Nature Plantlife

Graveyard - decaying bodies, amongst ivy, holly, ragwort. Faded flowers, pile of broken stones

Text Cool Overcast Care Decay Growing Material Memory Nature Old Past Plantlife

Some good 18 + 19C facades but in poor condition

Drawing Text Cloudy Aesthetic Architecture Beauty Broken Care Control Decay Identity Old Past Tiredness

Facade casting

Model Photo Aesthetic Architecture Broken Climate Craft Decay Making Material Opportunity Potential Words

Broken windows blacked out

Text Cool Overcast Boundaries Broken Care Control Decay

Nature thriving through the cracks

Text Rainy Aesthetic Beauty Decay Growing Life Nature Plantlife Tiny Things

Rusty streaks running down the wall

Text Cool Overcast Control Decay Water

Infrastructure - cladding falling off?

Text Broken Decay Material

Old shop sign

Text Pouring Rainy Decay High Old Words

Layers of rotten board + weeds

Text Cool Overcast Care Control Decay Growing Material Nature Numbers Plantlife Unused Words

Small tree growing next to wall, high up

Text Cool Overcast Care Control Decay Growing High Nature Plantlife

Unused shop, spray painted numbers

Text Cool Overcast Decay Material Numbers Unused Words

Grime streaked windows

Text Cool Overcast Care Decay Material

Time waits for nothing... eco-system / interconnectedness / sonification / patterns / systems / vocalisation / chance / cause & effect

Text Chance Connection Decay Nature Pattern Sounds System Voice

Locked yard photos

Photo Access Architecture Boundaries Broken Care Chance Craft Curiosity Decay Exposed Hiding Material Old Opportunity Overlooked Ownership Past Shelter Unfamiliar Weathered

Rubble + stone

Drawing Text Overcast Broken Decay Material Old Waste Weathered

Faded, peeling shop signs, grey, blue + red

Text Cool Overcast Care Colour Control Decay Water Words

Empty shop

Text Care Decay Unused

Water pouring from broken downpipe

Text Cool Overcast Broken Care Control Decay High Missing Water

There are ghosts here so I am told... Exposed, weathered concrete

Text Cool Overcast Architecture Care Decay Exposed Material Past Stories Weathered

[What do you notice if you imagine you are a worm / a bird / somebody else?] weed under bench, rusting lamppost, vehicles, business

Text Cold Foggy Decay Growing Hiding Nature Plantlife Shelter Vehicle Views Weathered

YOW AM / DUDLEY Signs

Text Pouring Rainy Broken Care Decay Words

Waste of space? Building in decay. Timber, signage, falling apart.

Drawing Text Overcast Architecture Care Connection Decay Material Stories Unused Waste Words

Bostin building - Decay of commerce - quality of life.

Text Consumption Decay Life

Faded paint on strandboard

Text Cool Overcast Care Colour Control Decay Material

The Co-operative store, 1969

Photo Care Commerce Consumption Decay Memory Old Past

Peeling paint on beautiful old windows

Text Cool Overcast Aesthetic Architecture Beauty Care Control Decay Material Old Past

Street facade patchwork

Diagram Drawing Imagining Photo Text Textile Aesthetic Architecture Broken Care Change Climate Decay Growing Imagination Material Nature Opportunity Pattern Plantlife Potential Regenerative Repair Sustainable Unused

Rotten window frames, cracked plaster

Text Cool Overcast Broken Care Decay Material

Decaying paint / wall above shops

Text Pouring Rainy Care Change Decay High Material

Broken tile edge

Drawing Text Might rain later Broken Care Decay Material Tiny Things

lack of responsibility - Rubbish / mattress. Door

Text Care Decay

Mossy algae on wall below the windows

Text Cool Overcast Control Decay Growing Nature Plantlife

High Street Voids

Collage Diagram Drawing Imagining Map Photo Text Aesthetic Archaeology Architecture Biodiversity Change Climate Community Decay Energy Growing Health Imagination Learning Nature Opportunity Past Plantlife Potential Regenerative Sustainable Unused Water

Facade repair models

Model Photo Aesthetic Architecture Broken Climate Craft Decay Making Material Opportunity Potential

Rust

Text Pouring Rainy Change Decay Material Tiny Things

Facade repair models

Model Photo Aesthetic Architecture Broken Craft Decay Making Material Opportunity Potential

A More-Than-Human Story of Dudley High Street

Collage Drawing Imagining Observation Poem Story Beauty Colour Creativity Creatures Decay Growing Imagination Light Making Memory Nature Plantlife Sounds Stories Tiny Things Weathered Words

Top floor - Represents social decay + the action in response

Text Decay High

Peeling layers of paint grey, blue, red, green layers of the past revealing themselves...

Text Cool Overcast Colour Decay Material Memory Old Past

Nature thriving through the cracks

Text Rainy Aesthetic Beauty Decay Growing Life Nature Plantlife Tiny Things

Infrastructure - cladding falling off?

Text Broken Decay Material

Dudley Time Portal

Dudley Time Portal

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