06.08.23

The icebox in Trotsky’s kitchen. We are not aware if the ice pick used to murder Trotsky in cold blood came from the kitchen. Research is required. 

05.08.23

Trotsky’s kitchen is adorned with a phenomenal collection of pottery. The array is glazed in traditional tones. The wiring is honest in it’s exposure. Crockery preserves dialectical domesticity.

04.08.23

Trotsky’s bathtub. Enamel on iron but the soap dish is - oddly - hanging off of the back of the tub where he most likely reclined, perhaps while smoking a cigar and reading Bakunin - a fellow exilist. With toes of one foot or the other he would have added more hot, or more cold. The split array of cobalt blue and soft pink arouses curiosity. Were colour chosen or accepted? Private utility. 

03.08.23

The lamp shade is made of sewn leather, and hangs above Trotsky’s desk wear her received the visitor who was an agent under the tutelage of Stalin. Trotsky died after being repeatedly stabbed with an ice pick. His room and belongings lie in state. 

 

 02.08.23

The Trotsky family lived in this rural villa under loose security. From the street the oddly protruded structure in the upper right - whether original or not - announces surveillance. Too little, too late. The landscaping is elegant and surprisingly formal. An unusual place to dwell on the Russian Revolution and armed speeches. 

01.08.23

Agave arranged in clusters before the memorial gardens within Trotsky’s villa, the one where he was murdered after numerous stabbings with an ice pick. Ominous yet beautifully manicured.