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LiminalSpace

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Liminal spaces are the subject of an Internet aesthetic portraying empty or abandoned places that appear eerie, forlorn, and often surreal. Liminal spaces are commonly places of transition (pertaining to the concept of liminality) or of nostalgic appeal.

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The challenge is, can you figure out where it is.

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Correct!

It's behind the big screens, between them and the outer skin.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

Cool! It just looked like it curved like one...

[–] Letsdothisok@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

... figured it was a stadium of sorts... but which one!?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It's in London, if that helps.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, this is a theater in London, I saw a Tom Scott video about it. That stairway leads up to where the lighting arrays are and to roof access.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not, though it is in London.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Aw, I was sure that was the building, the metal staircase iwth metal frame walls and such looks very similar.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think it's a standard permanent scaffolding setup. I've seen it at a lot of venues. This is one of the few that give proper liminal space vibes though.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Service area in the new arena for the 2025 US Hunger Games

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A roller coaster track, or some kind of panopticon walkway in a prison?

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

Dildo factory

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Behind some kind of scoreboard?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Closest so far.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Looks like the insides of a large sculpture or monument installation.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Rotary prison?

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 5 points 1 week ago

Is this a foxconn assembly plant / dormatory?

[–] remer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It does have that feel, crossed with a Borg cube.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

High up inside new Wembley Stadium.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not Wembley. Wembley is remarkably efficient in its space usage, so no big open cavities.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

👎 Millennium dome is mostly fabric.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

O2 Arena is the millennium dome. It was sold and renamed.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, the arena is inside the fabric.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The whole thing was rebranded as the O2 Arena. You won't see millennium dome anywhere onsite.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Haven't seen the dome since it was built, it will always be The Millennium Dome in my heart.

Charming, like the resonance sway of The Millennium Bridge on opening week.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Same here. Apparently the media teams had the terminology change drummed into them quite hard. They really wanted the rebranding to stick.

I didn't have any jobs there over that period, so that's second hand info.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

THIS is what the comm is for! Perfect liminal space, fascinating to boot.

[–] SuzyQ@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Inside of a conveyor belt?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Wrong scale.