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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] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Correct!

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's in London, if that helps.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 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.

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

Unfortunately not, though it is in London.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dildo factory

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

Behind some kind of scoreboard?

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

Closest so far.

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

Rotary prison?

[–] Tiger 5 points 2 months ago

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

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

Is this a foxconn assembly plant / dormatory?

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

High up inside new Wembley Stadium.

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

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

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

👎 Millennium dome is mostly fabric.

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

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

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

Yes, the arena is inside the fabric.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months 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 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 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.

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

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

[–] SuzyQ 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Inside of a conveyor belt?

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

Wrong scale.