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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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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Correct!

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's in London, if that helps.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not, though it is in London.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Behind some kind of scoreboard?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Closest so far.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Dildo factory

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Is this a foxconn assembly plant / dormatory?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Rotary prison?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

High up inside new Wembley Stadium.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

👎 Millennium dome is mostly fabric.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, the arena is inside the fabric.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Inside of a conveyor belt?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Wrong scale.