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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 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Correct!

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

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Letsdothisok@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It's in London, if that helps.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not, though it is in London.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 10 months ago

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

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Behind some kind of scoreboard?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Closest so far.

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago

Dildo factory

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago
[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

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

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

Rotary prison?

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 5 points 10 months ago

Is this a foxconn assembly plant / dormatory?

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

High up inside new Wembley Stadium.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

👎 Millennium dome is mostly fabric.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, the arena is inside the fabric.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago

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

[–] SuzyQ@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Inside of a conveyor belt?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Wrong scale.