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billygomberg

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Re: Biosphere 2
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2010, 06:04:28 pm »
ho-lee shit. (and by that i mean WOW)

i *must* go there....

i'm totally obsessed with decaying industrial spaces, but this one.. it's like a ruin of the future. a "what could have been" more mankind.


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Re: Biosphere 2
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2010, 02:37:33 am »
very impressive!
looks like the perfect venue for a 12k festival  ;)

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Re: Biosphere 2
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2010, 04:46:13 am »
makes me think of this:


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Re: Biosphere 2
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2010, 06:34:57 am »
makes me think of this:


That was my first thought as well :)

It certainly looks awesome. Extremely tempting field-recording-wise.

While speaking of decaying industrial spaces, there used to be a pre-WW2, brick iron foundry in my hometown. Quite a complex with several buildings, old machinery, damp cellars, countless utility rooms. Abandoned and slowly falling apart as far as I can reach back. As kids, we used to sneak in there during summer vacation, organize Warhammer sessions and play all night long. Must have been around 1993. There were businessman who wanted to develop the area for years but since the place was considered a monument and fiercely protected by a local architectural conservator they couldn't touch it. My friend wanted to organize a noise festival there but two years ago they suddenly leveled it, placed a lousy supermarket there and the conservator build himself a new house... What a shame, the place was very unique. I sense Taylor would like it. I'm sure I have pictures of the place somewhere. Will post when I find them.

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Re: Biosphere 2
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2010, 07:48:06 pm »

i *must* go there....
 it's like a ruin of the future. a "what could have been" more mankind.



do you think they would let us create an enormous sound installation there?
it would be beautiful.

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Re: Biosphere 2
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2010, 10:57:07 am »


i'm totally obsessed with decaying industrial spaces, but this one.. it's like a ruin of the future. a "what could have been" more mankind.



Never been Detroit have you?

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Re: Biosphere 2
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2010, 10:58:53 am »


i'm totally obsessed with decaying industrial spaces, but this one.. it's like a ruin of the future. a "what could have been" more mankind.



Never been Detroit have you?

I was just going to mention Detroit! If you're into decaying industrial/urban spaces...that place just takes the cake.

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Re: Biosphere 2
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2010, 12:56:35 pm »
Urban exploring as they call it.
http://forgottenmichigan.com/
Pics more for documentation than art.

My favorite site dedicated to the D:
http://www.detroitblog.org/
If you go back to the beginning of the blog its focus is urban exploring (DetroitBlog was of the first to do this) but as time goes on its focus becomes more about one-off business' and the people of Detroit. If you have any curiosity about Detroit, this is the site.

TIME magazine is even in on it. They have embedded a reporter (right around the block from me) for a year.
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1864272,00.html

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Re: Biosphere 2
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2010, 01:48:23 pm »
Here a site documenting abandoned places/factories in Poland. (unfortunately detailed descriptions in Polish)

http://www.opuszczone.com/index_en.php?s=home_en

(edit: or so with other countries - http://www.opuszczone.com/index2_en.php?s=galerie_en )

here some more:
http://www.urb-ex.pl/opuszczone.php?lang=en

enjoy
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