The Secret Life of Camrose: City of Whispers

  An innocent "purple martin house'? Think again......

                       

The mysterious Founders Hall on the Augustana University campus

       Listen...........

                                                   

           Rituals occur here

                                                   

           Shhh! Blood bath!

                                                      

A change in the weather

Rumour has it that victims are buried under the front porch of this home.

Speculation persists that children are buried beneath these leaves.

         And under this old tree

                                                    

                  Don't be lulled into complacency

                                      

   There are signs

                                               

                                              

Body parts are found, mangled, in appliances throughout the Camrose region. 

Nobody says too much about it.

                      Lumpen, grotesque scarecrows await helpless, elderly and infirm victims.

Any attempt at escape is futile.

                                             . 

The festive atmosphere is a cover-up.

                                                  

       Not Just Hats

                                                            

  Look away!

                                                                  

Obey

                                                                     

The Bailey Theatre, where hideously malformed children watch matinees

 

The crematorium and its broadcasting equipment

                                          

   Industrial ventilation? Or poison gas dispersal units?

                                   

Ken works here, late at night

                                            

Ken builds coffins for the burgeoning memorial home service industry in Camrose

                    

Climate Master

                                                                  

Blood has been seen pouring from this building, late at night.

                                  

   Killer microwaves emanate from this tower.

                                   

Organs and other body parts are disposed of in this receptacle

                               

This chair is used during limb removal ceremonies during the annual Vital Organ Festival

 

The mangled bodies of hideously malformed children and gnarled, twisted old people are buried under these trees. 

 

 

      Early in the morning, ghosts prune these cedars.

                                         

 

Many decapitations have taken place in this chair

                                               

The sleepy little city of Camrose refuses to reveal the gruesome past : A history which its citizens dare not speak of, except in barely audible whispers. Acts and events which instill profound trauma and fear.

Here, secrets go, with the townspeople, to the grave.

October 31, 2014

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David Shkolny: Pastel Master: Link

http://davidshkolny.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=17464&AKey=67FHPS2F

Ghost Pool

This little 'ruin porn' photo exploration examines what I call The Ghost Pool. According to Theron Lund - the art teacher who let me photodocument this sealed off part of Victoria School - : 17 or 18 years ago, the pool custodian turned off the re-circ pumps (or something) and left for the weekend. The pool overfilled, water got underneath the cement basin, froze and cracked the bottom of the pool, rendering it 'pooched' for further use. In the past few years Victoria School has undergone a demolition of part of the old school and construction of a new part. It was a 28 million dollar project (started as a 63M$ reno, but it got pared back). The school is actually smaller than it used to be, but much more efficient, space and energy use wise. One thing that had to remain was the fantastic, original auditorium. The high school theatre is top notch. Production values are OTW*. The superstructure that holds up the auditorium's stage and seating is......the pool. Hence no demolition of the pool area underneath the theatre. Authorized access only. Eerie to say the least. Must be something that the old pool can be used for. Skate-park? Performances? Art studios? Recording? There are safety/liability issues, of course. It was built to last! Here is the pool, the girls' pink shower area, the boys' terrazzo shower stalls and various other dusty corners. LOLDONGS! 

 

*OTW Outta This World