Bench dark room A heavy industrial exhaust fan

A heavy industrial exhaust fan

their grey board walls bowed and patched with corrugated iron

debris collected on the floor below

The Powerhouse

It closed on 28 March 2010 and sat untouched for years

Bench dark room A heavy industrial exhaust fanA counter thick with dust holds a bottle of Super Pine disinfectant and a green wrapped Winning Post package, surrounded by small forgotten objects on worn timber. Behind them, the wall is covered floor to ceiling in overlapping Opera House Lottery tickets, layer upon layer of faded paper. This is the bench inside Marina Picture Palace on Gardeners Road, Rosebery. Part of the Marina Picture Palace series.