Note the tennis ball molds - There was also a big
pile of sneakers (all lefties)
This is only one of the main rooms
Dunno what this actually was but i painted it for a photo shoot.
I wedged the door open so it couldn't be easily closed
when i was inside doing it...
Some funky shit i found by Frut IM
The Dunlop factory is highly frequented by writers
but no vagrants live there either like the Kelly's factory.. I've
spent a bit of time in there and only ever come across a small group
of young toys..
I painted in their solo a lot, with 2 photographers and about
20 grands worth of equipment between them.
The place consisted of 2 big factory floors one was
2 levels, I like the upper level because it let in heaps of natural light.
The only problem was the roof so so riddled full of holes, the
sunshine would cause a disco ball kind of effect and spray dots of
light everywhere. The other building was full of offices with
filing cabinets with paperwork and big desks and shit..
So demolished but still sort of intact.. But full of dank smelly mould
and a really empty, eerie kind of feeling.. You could sense death in
many places i reckon or is that just me.. I always think twice
before entering the darkened offices, and brace myself..
If i'm crazy enough to be in here i wonder who really is??..
Raaargh!!
The Texas chainsaw massacre guy or fukn Jason??..
Looking in some rooms sent a chill up my spine.. Especially the old
lift and a dark room in the upstairs factory section i had walked
through a number of times and painted both sides of it..
The only time i saw a non writer in there, was with Feste and Jiesk.
Doing a 3 namer on the right hand side and some guy swiftly and
quietly walked across the floor towards us and headed into that room
and through a doorway which lead to the roof. In no less than a minute
i followed to see where he got to. When i went outside i walked along
the track as far right, and as far left as i could and this bloke
was nowhere to be seen... weird??...
Soon after i learnt apparently DRS crew took random photos in there,
after exploring it once a few years before. They went home and viewed
them on the PC, the flash lit up what looked to be a body hanging out
of a garbage bag, sure enough it was. So they had to alert the police
and show them where the corpse was located..
Once when we finished up after i painting for about 6 hours we
went to Newtown shops and everyone was looking at me funny,
then in Redfern Maccas all the families and a group of aboriginals
were looking at me funny.. I was like
"Yeah you know it i was there i bombed it"
I finally got home, had some buges for about 45 mins relaxin on the
couch then thought i better have a shower.. When i looked in the
mirror i was horrified to find a definite black triangle shape around
my lips and chin where the respirator was, i was doing a lot of
black background up high and paint dust must of settled on my face.
Not even the photographers said a word..
Soon got over this place when i found ABC but i did find a nice
Dunlop stencil to add to the useless junk collection..
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