The respect accorded to well-installed tarps allows them to act as garden walls, garage doors, wind-breaks, weed control and compost bins – all semi-permanent solutions legitimised by an extremely local understanding that the use of tarps are not a sign of poverty or desperation, but a sign of intention. None of this is art, or even design, but a language developing within this particular example of material culture. These are small things, but eloquent nonetheless. v tarps found between Newcastle and Millstone Avenues, Rosehill and St. Andrews Streets, Nanaimo British Columbia, March 2010.
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