supermarket architecture

[Dusty]

I'm meant to be working and not reading Dissensus, but there's so much to cover on malls. The fetishisation of dead malls that was a big trend a few years ago. The focus on malls as a symbol of 80's nostalgia captured (but not started by) Stranger Things. The Chinese churning out malls that are never even used, never born let alone have the chance to die.

A great little film called Jasper Mall from last year is worth a watch: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/jaspermall

And I'm annoyed at myself for not being able to find it, but there's a couple with a YouTube channel who are slowly filming walks around every single mall in the US.

 

[luka]

You're not meant to be working, you're being paid to work. The Universe doesn't want you to work. The Universe needs you to start a shopping mall thread. We all have a part to play in the Grand Design, we all contribute a single coloured thread to the great tapestry.

 

[luka]

The mall in England is very much a nineties thing. We were late adopters. They don't make as much sense here. They are for places with a lot of undeveloped space. Places where there's really nothing else to do. Car cultures.

 

[sufi]

I'm meant to be working and not reading Dissensus, but there's so much to cover on malls. The fetishisation of dead malls that was a big trend a few years ago. The focus on malls as a symbol of 80's nostalgia captured (but not started by) Stranger Things. The Chinese churning out malls that are never even used, never born let alone have the chance to die.

A great little film called Jasper Mall from last year is worth a watch: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/jaspermall

And I'm annoyed at myself for not being able to find it, but there's a couple with a YouTube channel who are slowly filming walks around every single mall in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_of_the_Dead_(1978_film) "one of the most compelling and entertaining ... films ever made"

 

[Leo]

the week before Xmas 2019, I was dragged to Center:MK, that massive shopping center in Milton Keynes, Had a huge kiddies Xmas village train ride in the middle of one section with enormous mechanical animals. I thought the States was the only place with ridiculous OTT consumerism/entertainment and you guys were a bit more refined.

 

[luka]

They are for places with a lot of undeveloped space. Places where there's really nothing else to do. Car cultures.

That is to say they are for Milton Keynes

 

[sufi]

the week before Xmas 2019, I was dragged to Center:MK, that massive shopping center in Milton Keynes, Had a huge kiddies Xmas village train ride in the middle of one section with enormous mechanical animals. I thought the States was the only place with ridiculous OTT consumerism/entertainment and you guys were a bit more refined.

there's a strong cultural thread of failed winter wonderland attractions sounds like your MK experience was not shit enough

 

[sufi]

the true spirit of xmas

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's winter "wonderland" has been forced to shut down after just one day, following hundreds of complaints from angry parents.
Children promised a "spectacular" Christmas experience were left in tears after hour-long queues to meet Father Christmas, who handed out cheap plastic toys that weren't even wrapped, reports the Daily Telegraph. Meanwhile, Santa's Little Helpers sat around smoking and one mum said Santa had asked her daughter if she wanted "the ripped present or squashed one".

Winter wonderland fails: from smoking elves to a 'dead Santa'

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Christmas attraction at Belfry Golf Club closes down after kids left in tears

www.theweek.co.uk

 

[Leo]

oh definitely, that one wasn't some cold muddy field experience. this was relatively elaborate and high tech, in an environment of mid/upscale shopping.