"What Do You Think Of It, So Far?" 2

All Images: Digbeth, Birmingham, June 2016

It seems like rubbish bins, (or possibly just rubbish in general), have established themselves as a distinct theme.  This splendid rank of red Biffa bins was found under the railway viaduct which dominates Birmingham's Digbeth area.  In fact, I think they serve the adjacent Custard Factory creative complex.  

The photos were taken a couple of days before Britain's recent EU referendum, and already feel like a missive from a very different country.  I don't really want to launch into an extensive polemic here - other than to express the baffled disillusionment which, I assume, I share with 48% of the population.  Britain suddenly feels like a considerably more depressing and less enlightened place to live.  The only recourse seems to be to hang on to the sense that national boundaries are irrelevant as far as Art is concerned, and that an outward looking attitude will always provide more rewards than neurotic insularity.

Sadly, it seems that 52% have yet to make that mental breakthrough, and consequently chose to put the whole country in the trash.  I can only hope the rest of us won't be judged by their standards.  It's probably a bit glib, but I can't help noticing that the particular model name of these hoppers is the 'Continental 1100'.  The legend 'General Waste' just seems a bit too apposite too.