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6. COCONUT OIL MILL, AMBALANGODA "the oil mill - 21.2.18" CAST IRON WITHSTOOD TSUNAMI, AS SEA RIPPED OVER CORAL MINED COAST, AWAITING A TIME WHEN WORKERS WOULD RETURN 5. PAPER FACTORY, wellawatha “the paper factory - 20.2.18” TO TRACE THIS PLANT'S ANCESTRY WOULD BE QUITE THE FEAT ONE BLOOM OF FRUIT, ROOTS URGing NEW LIFE, WHILE TRUNK IS CHOPPED, BOILED, PRESSED PAPER THIN 4. RICE PADDIES & RICE MILL, gonapinuwala “THE rice MILL - 19.2.18” WE ALL WEAR A FINE COAT OF RICE ALONG OUR LUNGS, AS EACH HUSK FALLS FROM BAG, TO BUCKET, TO MILL AND BACK AGAIN 3. FISHING VILLAGE, DODANDUWA "DAWN - 19.2.18"
salted shoulders haul timber then nets while gills rest, silent upon ice, melting quick as it can the only eager return to sea
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2. SUNDAY FOOD MARKET, HIKKADUWA "WEIGHING SCALE - 18.2.18" sustenance in bowls and well used notes 1. COCONUT TWINE YARD, HIKKADUWA “FATE – 15.2.18” RHYTHMIC HANDS AND INDUSTRIOUS TEETH STRIP HUSKS THEIR HARD CASINGS CHURNED, THEN SPUN TO VARIOUS GRADES AND A PROTECTIVE PURPOSE REMAINS IN EACH FIBRE  this project beginS with THE documentation of fishing and agricultural practise in sri lanka, meetING with workers and academics, EXPLORING the island's relationship'S with PRODUCE FOR LOCAL ECONOMIES AND EXPORT.
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