end of line

May 17, 2012

Henry Homesweet - Live-Mode #1

“Live-Mode” is the latest manifestation of experimental hardware only performances from Henry Homesweet.

7:06pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZfE8LxLg5cPk

(Notes: 29)

May 15, 2012

thisistheverge:

The Believer - Colossal in Scale, Appalling in Complexity

Few people in 1939 had ever ridden in a plane. Looking down, they saw everything from experimental farms and “floating” airports to seven-lane highways, multi-decked bridges, and radio-controlled traffic moving beneath suspended pedestrian walkways—all radical concepts at the time. More than twenty-four million people waited for up to five hours, in rain and hot sun, to experience it. Today, Futurama is considered the most iconic Fair exhibit of all time.

3:21pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZfE8LxLXnyV8

(Notes: 32)

May 11, 2012

Gif

(via spacebitches)

1:16am | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZfE8LxLGgyX4

(Notes: 7,168)

May 9, 2012

surrogateself:

Beyond the Mind’s Eye -I used to rent these from blockbuster

Beyond

10:38pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZfE8LxLCW_Wp

(Notes: 250)

May 9, 2012

thatguykiwanus:

Chernobyl: a forgotten world.

Chernobyl

(via churchofindustry)

7:16pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZfE8LxLBcNH-

(Notes: 60)

May 9, 2012

futurejournalismproject:

The Hashtag Comes to Architecture

The Bjarke Ingels Group, a Danish architecture firm, has taken inspiration from the (resurgent) hashtag in its design plans for an apartment complex in Soul, South Korea.

Via Dezeen:

“The Cross # Towers constitute a three-dimensional urban community of interlocking horizontal and vertical towers. Three public bridges connect two slender towers at different levels – underground, at the street and in the sky. Catering to the demands and desires of different residents, age groups and cultures the bridges are landscaped and equipped for a variety of activities traditionally restricted to the ground. The resultant volume forms a distinct figure on the new skyline of Seoul – a “#” that serves as a gateway to the new Yongsan Business District signaling a radical departure from the crude repetition of disconnected towers towards a new urban community that populates the three-dimensional space of the city.” Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner, BIG.

Images: Schematics for the Cross # Towers in Soul. Via BIG.

(via churchofindustry)

1:03am | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZfE8LxL9APW5

(Notes: 78)

May 9, 2012

urbandisintegration:

The Most Desolate City on Earth: Gunkanjima, aka ‘Battleship Island’

Of all the places to conduct a really wicked paintball match, Gunkanjima just about takes the cake.

Utterly abandoned, the former coal-mining site stands like a rotten tooth jutting from the turbulent waters off Nagasaki. A formidable seawall protects a dense warren of empty factory buildings and crumbling apartments. Roofs have blown off or caved in and walls have sloughed off their skins, leaving the skeletal underpinning of buildings visible. Dark hallways and dangerous, twisting staircases abound in M.C. Escherian complexity, leading to ruined vistas with names like “Block 65” and the “Stairway to Hell.”

The government is pushing for World Heritage recognition for the island’s role in the Meiji Era, characterized by a blitzkrieg push to industrialize the country using Western technology. The Gunkanjima mine, also known as Hashima or “Battleship Island,” served as an underseas fuel-extractor beginning in the 1880s through 1974, when its owner, Mitsubishi, decided to close up shop. Milestones in its history include holding Japan’s first nine-story concrete building and nurturing an incredible population density of 835 people per hectare, which is about nine times higher than New York City’s present density. (Otaku take note: The island also served as a backdrop for Battle Royale II.) Today, it’s densely populated with ocean birds and disturbingly large spiders.

Tourists can hop in a boat and motor out for sight-seeing around Gunkanjima, although they’re not supposed to go deep into the failing structures. Some folks have ignored that, as you can see in these photos. For further information on the history of this incredible ghost town, go here; more photos are available here and here.

- John Metcalfe