Pipefitters, Porn & P.B.R.

John Puglia writes of this project in the official zine:

“Images representing personal experiences, stories and myths about factory worker life in the 1970s and 80s. More specifically, the dark, makeshift vice dens created by scampish pipefitters in the tunnels running under the buildings and streets of the city.

Workers would escape in the tunnels into a world of beer, 8mm porn, Lucky Strikes, cheap whiskey, one-hitters and gambling.

A temporary break from the banality above.

Sweat, grease, lamp black, banbury mixers, Pabst, broken pallets, arc welders, mercury, boxing, pickled eggs, High Life, whores, chili-mac, Friday Night Games, rubber knives, overalls, poker, Lake Erie perch, pot. Barberton chicken, muscle cars, corn roasts, 8mm porn, Evel Knievel, salted draughts, racing pigeons, Blue Oyster Cult, graveyard shift, union picnics, rubber, methyl ethyl ketone, Lucky’s, steel-toed shoes, breaks, pepperoni pizza, black iron oxide, lava soap, overtime, Marilyn Chambers, Kessler’s, steam, leather gloves, vacation, piss…”

The opening of this gallery was held at We Gallery (20 North High Street, Akron, OH 44308) on Saturday, August 4, 2012. It featured a performance by the band If These Trees Could Talk. The exhibit ran through August 30, 2012.