There seems to be quite a bit of discarded furniture round here, often on the pavements, otherwise in the unused lots that sometimes punctuate houses.
There's something strange about indoor furniture outside. To me there idea of furniture has something to do with permanence, apart from maybe garden and camping or beach furniture.
But this type of furniture does for me to imply settlement, belonging. It really shouldn't be outside, should it?
And the fact of it being overturned is somehow disturbing. On its back, it has been pushed over, or fallen, like a drunk, and no one has righted it. Undignified, disturbing even. And because so many must pass this place and done nothing, it is worse: local society doe not care about order. Has it lost its compass?
Additionally, the rattan seat lends the chair a quaintness. It's a reminiscent of van Gogh's famous chair: it has personality and the abandonment has an personal aspect.
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