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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 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Correct!

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's in London, if that helps.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month 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 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not, though it is in London.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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 month 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 month ago
[–] localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago

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

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

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

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

Dildo factory

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

Behind some kind of scoreboard?

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

Closest so far.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Rotary prison?

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

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

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

Is this a foxconn assembly plant / dormatory?

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

High up inside new Wembley Stadium.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month 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 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

👎 Millennium dome is mostly fabric.

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

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

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

Yes, the arena is inside the fabric.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month 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 month 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 month 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 month ago

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

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

Inside of a conveyor belt?

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

Wrong scale.