24.4.14
17.4.14
Abandoned shopping malls in America
Reposted from Failed Architecture website.
"This blog post by BuzzFeed features some incredible imagery from redundant shopping centers in the United States. The series of photos reminds us of how quickly capital moves through space, temporarily settling in places where it offers the highest returns. Obviously resulting in the constant construction of, among others, new shopping malls, and leaving many of them to rot away. The post by BuzzFeed has been incredibly popular on social media over the last week, reaching an audience far beyond the small group of architecture geeks. Once again, this emphasises the widespread fascination with urban and architectural decay, which we have been discussing in another article recently. Most photos are sourced from the blogs Architectural Afterlife and Detroiturbex, which are both worth following as well."
As I'm preparing a piece in collaboration with Langham Research Centre for the Only Connect festival (Oslo 22 - 24 May) devoted to the influence and heritage of JG Ballard, this series of images comes at a very appropriate moment. I will also be visiting Tate Britain's "Ruin Lust" exhibition next week, and attending an artist talk there by Jane and Louise Wilson, whose projects have a distinctly Ballardian character.
"This blog post by BuzzFeed features some incredible imagery from redundant shopping centers in the United States. The series of photos reminds us of how quickly capital moves through space, temporarily settling in places where it offers the highest returns. Obviously resulting in the constant construction of, among others, new shopping malls, and leaving many of them to rot away. The post by BuzzFeed has been incredibly popular on social media over the last week, reaching an audience far beyond the small group of architecture geeks. Once again, this emphasises the widespread fascination with urban and architectural decay, which we have been discussing in another article recently. Most photos are sourced from the blogs Architectural Afterlife and Detroiturbex, which are both worth following as well."
As I'm preparing a piece in collaboration with Langham Research Centre for the Only Connect festival (Oslo 22 - 24 May) devoted to the influence and heritage of JG Ballard, this series of images comes at a very appropriate moment. I will also be visiting Tate Britain's "Ruin Lust" exhibition next week, and attending an artist talk there by Jane and Louise Wilson, whose projects have a distinctly Ballardian character.
10.3.14
25.2.14
Sarajevo's Olympic Ruins
Haunting picture gallery of the ruined Winter Olympic site at Sarajevo (1984 Winter Ollympics). Link to this page courtesy of Alec Shepley :-)
http://www.viralforest.com/sarejevo-olympics/
http://www.viralforest.com/sarejevo-olympics/
9.2.14
1.2.14
Rotting mansions and Ballard interviews
Today's items of interest from the web and the media; at Ballardian there's a piece on the publication of a collection of JG Ballard interviews, and in the online Guardian a report on a street of rotting mansions in Hampstead.
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| semi - drained swimming pool, the link between these two stories. |
2.1.14
Skateboarders for the South Bank
From The Guardian, 1 January 2014.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/01/southbank-undercroft-protesters-objections-town-hall
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/01/southbank-undercroft-protesters-objections-town-hall
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