On a trip back north I was told about Polphail, a small village in the middle of nowhere on the Argyll coast.
Built in the 1970’s to house oil rig workers who would have been building rigs for the North Sea in a nearby dry dock had any orders ever materialised. Built but never inhabited, it fell into a rather sorry state.
Pedal forwards to 2009 and a news story on BBCs Reporting Scotland about demolition of the site and a six artists, known as agents of change, saw the report and felt it was in need of a little love before being torn down.
Their film about what they did there, “The Ghostvillage Project” is super interesting and worth a watch:
Now in 2011 it still hasn't been torn down, probably because of the bats squatting in the rafters. We went for a look........
Much of the art has started to decay in time with the buildings, trees and shrubs which only adds to the otherworldly feel of the place.
Let the pictures do the talking.........
Wherever well thought out original art appears there always seems to be people who think they should have a go too, hopefully with time their skills might improve, time will tell but at the very least for the most part they had the respect to paint away from the good stuff!
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