I noticed the squat symbol grafittied above the gate to ‘Studio One Nightclub’ when passing over a bridge of the Garonne. After asking a girl who was living in the car park with her dogs and her van, I decided to hop behind the fences, skip over the dog and human faeces and around the back into the now derelict club. There were some really great pieces of furniture and novelty equipment like a wheel of fortune and a life size Barbie box. On November 28th, 2008, the club went up in smoke – a suspected arson attack leaving the former popular discoteque (it had been open since 1975!) an empty and futureless building. Although new plans were made for the building they don’t seem to have happened, leaving this another public area now lost in the rubble…
Lost in the Rubble ~ Jessica Kim 