S.I.T.E. (Midlands Chapter): Location Re-Port (M.)1.3

 

All Images: West Leicester, September 2021

Please refer to: S.I.T.E. (Midlands Chapter): Location Re-Port (M.)1.2 (Addendum)

We are gratified to be able to reveal that our hard-pressed field agent has been able to make a return visit to the site under consideration (despite numerous competing commitments), and (in response to the queries raised by the preceding survey) has supplied the pictorial evidence included here.

We would like to take this opportunity to commend their dedication to our cause at a difficult time, and to put on record our recognition that it is only through the continuing efforts of our researchers in the field, that our work is able to continue - even in the face of the general indifference which has routinely confronted our activities.  We remain steadfast in our conviction that our work is of immense valuable and are optimistic that the significance of the new insights it may one day reveal, will be ultimately recognised by a broad spectrum of the citizenry. 

Whilst these images only serve to underline the profoundly oblique nature of the location under investigation (this being a primary cause of our engagement with it in the first instance), they do confirm the suspicions raised regarding the possibility of some unobserved activity having taken place at the premises in recent weeks.  It is now possible to confirm the presence of some form of floral display, partially visible through the curtain of the main, left hand side window.  Intriguing though this might be in itself, it is the apparent appearance of certain other, even more mysterious items, glimpsed in the same window, that may actually stimulate the greatest conjecture of all.

At this time, we can offer no definitive conclusions regarding these latest developments.  Instead, we are content to pose the following questions, in the hope (as ever) that valuable interpretations may be forthcoming from members of the society, (or other interested parties):

1.  What is the true nature of the flowers?

(a.)  Organic

(b.)  Petrochemical

(c.)  Optical-anomalous

(d.)  Fugitive

(e.)  Imaginary (Mass delusion)

(f. )  Unreliably remembered/revenant 

2.  Who/what triggered their arrival, and what does this imply re. occupation of/visitation to/possession of the site?

3.  Should the flowers prove to be organic in nature, might they be/have been renewed (given the date of the original floral observation vs. expected lifespan of fresh-cut blooms, and also noting the presence of a retail florist business nearby)?

 

4.  What might be interpolated at the intersections of glazing/floristry/veiling/focal length?

5.  What might be the likely function of the flowers?

(a.)  Frivolous display

(b.)  Status-symbolic

(c.)  Bio-investigative

(d.)  Ritual/ceremonial (including tribute and/or sacrifice)

(e.)  Still-life subject assembly

(f. )  Waste disposal (aborted)

(g.)  Composting (unsuccessful)

(h.)  Gestural (poetic/allusive/romantic)

6.  Why don't you send me flowers anymore?

7.  What might be the significance of the other items glimpsed at the margin?  Are they related in any quantifiable manner (e.g. as the result of random conjunctions, or alternatively - of some targeted surrealist intent?).

8.  What does the visible portion of apparent basketry imply?

(a.)  Barter or exchange.

(b.)  Occupational therapy.

(c.)  Some form of potlatch or cargo cult.

9.  Is it possible to identify the mysterious, peripheral figurines - and what might be deduced about their intended purpose?  Possibilities include:

(a.)  Sacred statuary

(b.)  Totemic artefacts

(c.)  Car-boot surplus

(d.)  Guardians of the portal

(e.)  Condensers of (post) irony

(f. )  Crude obscenities