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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 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Correct!

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

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Letsdothisok@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's in London, if that helps.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not, though it is in London.

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

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

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago

Dildo factory

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Behind some kind of scoreboard?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Closest so far.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 5 points 2 years ago

Is this a foxconn assembly plant / dormatory?

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Rotary prison?

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

High up inside new Wembley Stadium.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

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

👎 Millennium dome is mostly fabric.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

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

Yes, the arena is inside the fabric.

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

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

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

Inside of a conveyor belt?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Wrong scale.

[–] 9aod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The matrix?