tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post2275416664299008935..comments2024-03-28T19:17:01.550+13:00Comments on The Imaginary Museum: A Town Like ParataxisDr Jack Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-89960269461825355102008-10-14T23:29:00.000+13:002008-10-14T23:29:00.000+13:00hmm...I worked there in about 1971...most of the w...hmm...I worked there in about 1971...most of the workers were Pacific Islanders - they would always challenge me to a fight at one stage BTW (just about wherever I worked when I was a young man) - they like "fusa" (basically 'fighting' in Samoan) a lot so I usually opted for discretion as the better part...<BR/><BR/>I had a "winding tool" to pull these steel clips into a "twist" to hold the steel of springs of the mattresses together - it was tedious work - <BR/>in those days I had a Pentax SLR with 80mm and 55mm lenses and took a lot of pictures of Auckland etc - Ponsonby then was very working class - I even considered buying a house there in 1974 or so for NZ$10,000...<BR/><BR/>"Sleepy Head" also perhaps has another level of irony - in its name...but it is certainly a pretty uninspiring place - I was ill one day and was thus basically sacked but I was always getting sacked in those days...some work I did was excruciatingly tedious or just awful.<BR/><BR/>So your Parataxis reflects some "truths" old and new...we are indeed 'paratacted' - alienated etcRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-27225239496797084802008-10-12T08:10:00.000+13:002008-10-12T08:10:00.000+13:00Yes, it's the Richmond Rd Sleepyhead factory -- it...Yes, it's the Richmond Rd Sleepyhead factory -- it recurs on the launch handout with the caption "What would you pay for this view?"Dr Jack Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-10165844837067664142008-10-12T00:25:00.000+13:002008-10-12T00:25:00.000+13:00I had another look through it - I missed a lot bef...I had another look through it - I missed a lot before - it's very good. The image and text etc Thumbs up on it Jack (and Gabriel - I enjoyed some of his rather drole videos BTW)!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-25039150530381310752008-10-11T23:51:00.000+13:002008-10-11T23:51:00.000+13:00I am glad you put this up although I have a copy -...I am glad you put this up although I have a copy - I must admit it was for me at the time your most puzzling work so I am interested to see your comments here.<BR/><BR/>BTW is that image of the Sleepy Head factory - a photo of the one on Richmond Road in Ponsonby? I think it was owned by UBD. If so it takes me back as I worked there once (about 1971 or so).Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435noreply@blogger.com