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How are buildings abandoned? A somewhat enlightening adventure. – Statiscape
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Thinking about, with, and through ruins of the recent past. How are buildings abandoned? A somewhat enlightening adventure. March 31, 2015. July 22, 2015. I also assumed that the boarding up process is one of the steps midway between closing the doors, and the roof caving in. It turns out that I was wrong. Something was afoot…. Below several grateful and positive reviews on the website was message indicating that the facility was now closed. Nothing). Even the constant drip seemed to be a minor issue...
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Final Word on Sheffield Castle Market…? – Statiscape
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Thinking about, with, and through ruins of the recent past. Final Word on Sheffield Castle Market…? June 8, 2016. With the publication of a short article in The Double Negative. My engagement with Sheffield’s (now demolished) Castle Market has come to an end. Though disappeared from the landscape, the market continues to haunt. 8211; even digitally. As the Double Negative article is released, and this post goes up, Google still tells the story of absence and erasure:. As the Trading Histories. For more d...
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Practising Place – After Castle Market: Salvaging the Urban Obsolete – Statiscape
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Thinking about, with, and through ruins of the recent past. Practising Place – After Castle Market: Salvaging the Urban Obsolete. December 2, 2014. Next week, I will be presenting a short talk, and then speaking in conversation with artist Victoria Lucas. At 99 Mary Street. In Sheffield. The event will be focused on Lucas’ art practice, and her recent residence at Sheffield Market, as well as the idea of obsolescence in relation to the built environment:. Wednesday 10th December, 2014. 6pm 8pm –. Https:/...
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About – Statiscape
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Thinking about, with, and through ruins of the recent past. This site is a reflection of Emma Fraser’s research from 2009-present. It is a space for ruminations and sketches about decay and decline, urban ruins, abandonment, ruins of a recent past, dereliction, mass-ruin, and related ideas. It is also a space to review and critique other work in the field including events, conferences, lectures, and the occasional book or article. The Last of Us. Emma has been engaged with modern ruin theory since comple...
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Thomas Safley’s “What Ruin?” – Statiscape
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Thinking about, with, and through ruins of the recent past. Thomas Safley’s “What Ruin? March 4, 2014. March 5, 2014. Review of CIDRAL Open Event: Professor Tom Safley (History, University of Pennsylvania) ‘What Ruin? Of Insolvency and Scandal, Fortunes and Families in Early Modern Economic Life’. University of Manchester, 4 March 2014, 5-7pm. The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Arts and Languages. New Studies on the History of Bankruptcy and Bankrutpcy in History. The underlying message of Safl...
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Svetlana Boym’s “Embarrassing Monumentality” – Statiscape
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Thinking about, with, and through ruins of the recent past. Svetlana Boym’s “Embarrassing Monumentality”. May 16, 2014. May 16, 2014. Review of CIDRAL Open Event: Professor Svetlana Boym (Harvard) ‘Embarrassing Monumentality’. University of Manchester, 13 May 2014, 5-7pm. The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Arts and Languages. At the University of Manchester, is hosting a series of public lectures on the theme of ruins in 2014, culminating in a conference on Big Ruins on 14 May. The running them...
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Ruins and games – some presentations – Statiscape
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Thinking about, with, and through ruins of the recent past. Ruins and games – some presentations. July 19, 2016. I am now in the process of writing up my PhD, and it seems like I’m (slowly) heading towards the stage where I will start to finalise and close off my ruins and games research. Waste (in terms of material objects. Or space and culture. The synergy between ruins and games. The first of these is a paper I gave as part of Practising Place After Castle Market. The other is from the 9th Philosophy ...
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Brian Dillon’s “Ruin Lust” – Statiscape
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Thinking about, with, and through ruins of the recent past. Brian Dillon’s “Ruin Lust”. February 18, 2014. February 20, 2014. Review of CIDRAL Open Event: Professor Brian Dillon “Ruin Lust”. University of Manchester, 18 February 2014, 5-7pm. The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Arts and Languages. At the University of Manchester, is hosting a series of public lectures on the theme of “ruins” in 2014, culminating in a conference on “Big Ruins” in May. Less contemporary examples included the work o...
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Urban Obsolescence – Statiscape
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Thinking about, with, and through ruins of the recent past. January 4, 2015. February 8, 2015. Here is a section from a full paper that I gave as part of the Practising Place series earlier in the month – the full presentation will be made available on the Practising Place website. Shortly, and a follow up article will be published in in early 2015. In an earlier era, For Walter Benjamin, in the Paris Arcades. Were also obsolete worlds, lending a sense of being out of time to everything within: Often the...
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