Sep 18, 2013

Street Art in Laverton

Golden Camel (s10) - as the title is getting very confusing as a title - thou the series will be called Golden Camels

Golden Camel (s10)
Living archive - 3 -
The street Art
WA 18th Sept

These images doesn't need any story to be told as the visuals are good enough by itself. 
Images of the paintings and sculpture or reliefs in this town. 

this sculpture is of Dr laver(ref to my 1st article on golden camels) and these relief i assume is recognizing people who where responsible to create this town.

 


 





Gold hunting - painted on a outside wall of a local Motel


 



Painting on the Supermarket Wall. This super market opened few weeks back.  This town had no super market for 2 years, the BP station used to bring vegetables and some grocery supplies. This painting is done by kids










This is on the main road entry to town










The school compound





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Sep 17, 2013

Golden Camel (s9)

Living archive - 2
Peter Wills Yard
WA 11th Sept

As I have mentioned earlier this Yard looks like a Kabadi-Khanna* or a junkyard but this is actually an archive almost like “Chor-bazzar” of Bombay. 

Disclaimer: 
When I say Chor Bazar it doesn’t mean stolen market as it translates. What I mean the collection has a visual weight, which has content and value and reads the time. In Bombay I would rate Chor-bazar as the biggest city archive. Most of the things or articles that come in this bazar are from personal achieves or auctions done in a very localized way. 

I have already introduced Peter Hill (the man who now owns and lives in the station masters house) 

He has an eye on preservation and has an understanding to value the History, which I call a futuristic vision. He has collected all kinds of things and kept it in his huge yard. Normally he picks up things from people who want to dispose from their house. He picks them up – and whenever people approach him for few things they want – he gives them for re-use. So sometime it is also used like a re-cycling yard. Though as you know the concept of re-use is not at all common here. 

He is also responsible for the local Laverton Museum The Great Beyond. He also has a vision for another museum of his collection: old vehicles to milk cans to old railways stuff to animal carriages…, which he is looking for the right space. But then in a small town to have two museums is also a huge question. After visiting his yard I too strongly feel there is a needs of some kind of structure or safety for these precious history lying in an open air. But the point is because of the way it is kept there is an organic element to the display or the installation it has created- it could be seen as a public installation sculpture of Peter Hill. So I strongly see Peter Hill as a local social historian, as a local archivist and as an Artist. 

Peter Hill and his family, which is one of the oldest families of the town, have contributed lots of data and photographs to this museum. 

As I am moving around the town I can see few more house, which has a personal archive of their own- so I am waiting for the right introduction so that I can peep into their archives. 

*
Yesterday I found – the word “Khanna” is used in Australia, which I am, sure came from S.Asia. One of the pubs in a nearby town I saw few images of local Gymkhanna.
Khanna is my first word found which is associated with Urdu – so did it travel with the British or the Camalees? I am sure it is with the British.

So the list of things I have found are:

1. 5 Afghan graves
2. The use-age of word ‘Khanna’
3. A family in town which has a decent of the camalees: Abdul –who used to run the vegetable garden in Laverton his daughter died few months ago and her son who died few weeks ago – so will meet the family later when the right time comes.
4. saw few horses (Horses also came from India.)

Camel Water can and the Ice cream container from the early 20th century

 




Iron Camel Saddles
 



 A horse neck stand to pull a cart or a carriage


Perter Hills pets - forgot to ask their name. the day i went poor calf was attacked by few wild dogs.