PROJECT: amass zine 01 – OBSOLETE
I am drawn to empty noticeboards/advertisements. My favourites are those that appear to have been abandoned for quiet some time, but when I’m just walking past somewhere it’s not always easy to tell if they’ve been given up or are just in-between notices. It doesn’t really matter – at that point in time they are calling my attention to a void.
A foldy zine featuring some of the Obsolete collection is available to buy as part of Amass Zine, a set of three zines documenting collections of things that catch my eye when I’m going about my day.
Chelmsford, UK
Photograph of an empty grey and metal framed noticeboard on a dark blue wall with mirrored glass panels either side.
Colchester, UK
Photograph of an empty noticeboard with a black frame on a brick wall, with a window to the left of the frame and a bollard, carpark and building to the right and behind.
Chelmsford, UK
Photograph of a door with an empty noticeboard with a green sign saying ‘HOT DRINKS TO GO’ and a partially visibe Costa Coffee advert below, in a brick wall with a hedge and a tree below and to the left in the foreground.
Void
Photograph of an empty notice area on a pillar at Tottenham Court Road station, with people walking in the background.
Billund, Denmark
Photograph of an empty metal frame mounted on a brick wall with a window to the left and street to the right with a tree in the distance.
Billund, Denmark
Photograph of a metal and wood empty noticeboard in the shape of the outline of a house, mounted on the side of a café painted with a dark grey wall, window to the left, seats, Lavazza sign and parasol to the right, with a khaki metal box below.
Billund, Denmark
Photograph of two cream noticeboards mounted on a brick wall.
Stansted, UK
Photograph of an empty cream noticeboard on a plastic base in a corridor with an airport gate behind with people milling about.
Stansted, UK
Photograph of an empty cream noticeboard on a plastic base, with white wall with a round light and staircase above, carpeted floor in front and bits of evening light casting triangular and line shapes across the scene.
Colchester, UK
Photograph of 3 empty black noticeboards mounted on a black wooden fence above a brick wall, with a tiled floor in front and cloudy sky above.
Colchester, UK
Photograph of an empty white noticeboard with remnants of tape, mounted on a brick wall with a grey metal box to the left, to the far left there are 2 traffic cones with a car behind and to the right a blue shutter.
Colchester, UK
Photograph of two black and grey empty noticeboards on a light grey wall, each in a curved alcove, with paved floor below.
Aldham, UK
Photograh of a pub/town sign with the sign removed, with field below, cloudy sky above and trees to the right.
Liverpool Street, London, UK
Photograph of an empty noticeboard on a brick wall, with blue plaque and triangular plack above, shop behind to the left and walkway with yellow retractable barrier to the right and tiled floor in front.
Aldgate, London, UK
Photograph of an empty noticeboard on a pillar between two windows, with marble effect areas below.
Colchester, UK
Photograph of a freestanding empty noticeboard with ‘greateranglia’ on the red sign at the bottom. Behind is a wall with a framed poster saying ‘Take Extra care’.
Colchester, UK
Photograph of a black menu board with remnants of writing barely visible, on a cream wall of a pub with windows and window box and word ‘arms’ partially visible to the left.
Chelmsford, UK
Chelmsford, UK
Photograph of a red display board with faded areas showing where paper had previously been displayed, with a gold frame that says ‘Balti King’ at the top. It sits in a window that has ‘To Eat In Only’ and parts of words relating to food and menus around it, with a black plastic pipe on the white wall to the right.
Harwich, UK
Photograph of a metal structure that probably previously held a notice. Behind is a grassy field with a bin and picnic table, a small cafe and houses are visible in the distance.
Dovercourt, UK
Photograph looking across a road to a wall that has a colourful painted mural to the right, and empty noticeboard/advertising board mid-left, a street sign saying ‘KINGSWAY’, windows in the brick wall above and street lamp and road visible to the left.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Photograph of a pink/faded red empty noticeboard on the side of a white panelled building, with the front door to the right set slightly back and in front 2 red and black chairs at the side of the road, in front of a restaurant next door.
Takayama, Japan
Photograph of an empty wooden noticeboard in the shape of a simple house, mounted on wooden bars in front of a window, with a wooden wall below and a window box bottom left.
Takayama, Japan
Takayama, Japan
Takayama, Japan
Takayama, Japan
Photograph of an empty noticeboard with marks showing where the fabric has faded around the display that was previously mounted there. Behind is a wooden wall covered in plastic sheeting and in front is an empty display case.
Kanazawa, Japan
Kanazawa, Japan
Kanazawa, Japan
Osaka, Japan
Koyasan, Japan
Koyasan, Japan
Koyasan, Japan
Photograph of an empty wooden noticeboard with a traditional Japanese roof above it, standing in a stone platform, with a stone wall and hill behind it.
Koyasan, Japan
Koyasan, Japan
Harajuku, Japan
Bruges, Brussels
Photograph of a red display area lit by a wall lamp above it, set in wooden panels in the wall.
Bruges, Brussels
