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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.
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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. |
