liminal photography

Buckle up, my friends. We're about to touch on another spot of internet weirdness again. Liminal is an interesting word, which entered my vocabulary around the same time I first heard of the back-rooms theory. Yep, one of those deep dives that originated on 4chan and alludes to a kind of extra-dimensional crossroads suggested by transitional emptiness. The group liminal photography acts as a kind of crowd-sourced repository for places that evoke the moodspace of the liminal. What counts? Abandoned spaces such as dead malls, disused bowling alleys; places still haunted by the ghosts of past relevance. But also, landscapes of quietude. Unfinished construction projects. Lone churches. Dinghy basements. Crumbling Asylums. Places that now seem incapable of attracting anything other than dark lore. 

Members: 714.1k, at the time of writing.

Trigger Warnings: None.

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DMA : The Dead Malls Association

Would the saving of our planet's natural resources result from the death of consumerism? Or should we try to save these temples of greed at all costs? Or should they be left to die of disinterest once they have outlived their purpose? Members of this group believe that dead malls should be preserved. There are just over a 100 images in the gallery, and two past events to visit and re-invigorate a selected mall. Perhaps we should care a little. For Christmas, hug your nearest dying mall. Show it some love.

What's great about this group: We are what we consume...

Update (24 October 2023)

This Facebook Group no longer exists, but there is a Facebook page for Dead Malls, which you can find here. The page has 13,000 followers.