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This video is a 30-minute introduction to the practice of urban exploration. Constructed as a video article for the journal Geography Compass, the article uses footage from the author's own explorations in California, Las Vegas and London to visually depict a theoretical unpacking of the practice by 5 academic geographers. You can find the article that goes with the video at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00389.x/abstract
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A two day exploration into the depths of the The Carriè€res de Paris, also known as the Paris Catacombs. These tunnels stretch for 180 km beneath the City of Light and are home to cataphiles (quarry dwellers) and catflics (the police who try to catch them). This was my first trip into the Catas, accompanied by Marc and Hydra in July 2008. Since then, I have made two more trip into the quarries, each time going deeper than the last. This trip, as…
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The Pyestock National Gas Turbine Establishment was a UK government-funded facility built to test gas and turbine jet engines for 50 years. In 2000, the site was closed down, computers now able to simulate necessary tests. Today the site sits derelict, guarded by large fences and Gurkha security guards. Marc Explo and I snuck in sometime in 2009 to have a look at what was left. Shot on a Sony HDR-XR520V with an ECM-HGZ1 Shotgun Microphone and CowboyStudio…
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We ventured into the Lutonian underworld, courtesy of LutEx, to see what remains of the shelters that protected UK citizens from German air raids during World War II.
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After a year of adventuring in and around London, six urban explorers decide to hit the Continent for a long weekend to see what Belgium had to offer. The twist? We slept in the ruins we explored. Hobohemia 1.0 was the first of 3 major roadtrips we took into Europe on little money, camping, drinking, exploring and generally causing trouble. Shot on a Sony HDR-XR500V with an ECM-HGZ1 Shotgun Microphone and CowboyStudio CN-160 light panel.
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