Wednesday, May 04, 2005
A couple of years ago when I was still in Banff I ordered a bunch of zines that were reviewed in an issue of HeartAttack or PunkPlanet. I was feeling a isolated and uninspired. I thought reading about other people's projects would motivate me to do something. I heard back from very few of the zines I ordered, one of the few I did hear back from was Infiltration. Essentially a zine about being places you're not supposed to be. It reminded me of the times Kyle, Mike , and I snuck into to the local institute of higher learning to 'borrow' dry ice and old photographs. Except Infiltration was more concerned with documenting their visits and less concerned with 'borrowing' things.
I found the Infiltration link off this site called appropriately enough, Insane Bunkers. after looking for more information on the Danvers State Insane Asylum featured prominently in the movie 'Session 9'. The links on the site are almost as interesting as the content of the site.
I loved reading National Geographic as kid. I hated the papercuts it left on my fingers. The first time I ever heard of Chernobyl was in the pages of a National Geographic I read in the waiting room of my mom's hairdresser. I vaguely remember owning a Commodore 64 game in which the goal of the game was to prevent the meltdown of the plant. I could never beat the game. Go fucking figure.
John Darwell put together a pretty interesting book in 2001 called 'Legacy' which is 35 image collection exploring the 30-kilometre exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl Power Plant. The book is beautiful if you ignore that fact that it's about a crumbling ghost town that's too full of radiation for anyone to inhabit because of the world's worst nuclear accident. With only 35 images, it is a tad too short.
I was pretty amazed to find a tour through Chernobyl on the internet. The site is amazing featuring two tours,Ghost Town and Land of Wolves, through Chernobyl. The English isn't the best, but it hardly detracts from the overall impression.
I found the Infiltration link off this site called appropriately enough, Insane Bunkers. after looking for more information on the Danvers State Insane Asylum featured prominently in the movie 'Session 9'. The links on the site are almost as interesting as the content of the site.
I loved reading National Geographic as kid. I hated the papercuts it left on my fingers. The first time I ever heard of Chernobyl was in the pages of a National Geographic I read in the waiting room of my mom's hairdresser. I vaguely remember owning a Commodore 64 game in which the goal of the game was to prevent the meltdown of the plant. I could never beat the game. Go fucking figure.
John Darwell put together a pretty interesting book in 2001 called 'Legacy' which is 35 image collection exploring the 30-kilometre exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl Power Plant. The book is beautiful if you ignore that fact that it's about a crumbling ghost town that's too full of radiation for anyone to inhabit because of the world's worst nuclear accident. With only 35 images, it is a tad too short.
I was pretty amazed to find a tour through Chernobyl on the internet. The site is amazing featuring two tours,Ghost Town and Land of Wolves, through Chernobyl. The English isn't the best, but it hardly detracts from the overall impression.
# posted by Die Brucke @ 11:48 AM 
