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copyright © Henk van Rensbergen 1989-2001
Photographed 1989 and 1997
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The Buda Marly Carcoke Factory is (was) situated on the Willebroek Canal , halfway between Brussels and Vilvoorde. This was my first major factory exploration, but I was smart enough to know I would never get authorization to walk around and photograph. So I slipped into my dirty clothes, put equipment in my backpack, and started walking along the fence... I found I could walk inside where trains enter the premises. There were no signs prohibiting me, so I entered. I had only been walking just long enough to take a couple of pictures, when I got intercepted by security. My first interrogation (but not my last) followed. They took photocopies of my identity card and insisted on an explanation... Our conversation went something like this: Me: "The gate was open and there were no signs stating I could not enter". Finally, I was released with a stern warning. They stated I would be sued, if my photographs ever appeared in a newspaper or magazine. |
8 km down the Willebroek-Canal and you're in the center of Brussels
The factory was down below, as you drive over the viaduct. You could smell
it, long before seeing it. The Buda Marly factory was, indeed, a very smelly place ! |
You could enter the premises by following the rails.
A few years later they started dismantling the factory. Some buildings still remain…are they immune? |
Halfway to destruction ...
It was a bitter cold Sunday morning, in January, when I took these photographs. |