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There are not many people who feel instinctively severe when they say ruins. Especially buildings where the evidence of people remained remains unspoiled as it can become a spiritual spot even if there is no saying. But if you look at such ruins from the aspect of history and art, you will be able to take it with a different impression again. "Ruined Mania" is said to exist worldwide. Of course, even with a ruin mania in one word, some imagine a day, others visiting in an adventurous sense, and even those who can photograph that decaying figure in various ways. The author watches the structure and design of an old building different from the present age and continues to enjoy how to feel history with selfish interpretation. Let me introduce the works of Japanese artists who met at the "Ruins Photo Exhibition" that sublimates such ruins as an art photograph. |
Changing Ruins Exhibition 2018
Usually, when you hear word “ruin”, you might have impression like decayed place or psychic place. This exhibition focuses on the “beauty of ruins” that would change your image of ruins completely. The “Changing” in the title means the transformation of traditional image and everyone, regardless of age and gender, should be able to enjoy the breathtaking beautiful photos and artworks that makes you imagine stories. It’s a photo exhibition where you can experience the beauty lying within the silence. Also in the special booth, there will be the first-time exposition of movie artwork on projector. You can enjoy the alive scene as if you have actually been there. In this exhibition, there will be Wa (@neji_maki_dori) who has done “Ruins Star Sky exhibition” and who has more than 30,000 followers in Instagram, SaltyBarbara who is popular with photos taken by iPhone and 9 artists such as 8st and krumpus from the last exhibition. There will be an original postcard as a gift for the first 2000 visitors. |
Spoon-Tamago
In our world full of man-made structures there’s no shortage of decaying, decrepit urban spaces. And the inherent dangers and legalities of infiltrating these spaces have increasingly enticed explores. Terms used to describe the hobby are as plentiful as the sites themselves: there’s the abbreviated urbex the less-tasteful but humorous ruin porn and in Japan there’s haikyo. Written as 廃墟 the term literally means “ruins” and is used to describe abandoned infrastructure but is also synonymous with the practice of urban exploration. Here are a few instagrammers you can follow who beautifully and sometimes creepily document Japan’s haikyo. Do you have any suggestions? Tell us in the comments! |
CURBEDS
Call it ruin porn or urbex (urban exploration), but inspired photos of abandoned buildings have an uncanny ability to be creepy and beautiful at the same time. This Halloween, embrace the haunted, eerie, and grotesque right on your phones with these spooktacular Instagram accounts documenting everything from crumbling rural farmhouses to decaying World War II fortresses. |
THE RICHEST
Hailing from Sapporo (the city, not the beer) on the northern island of Hokkaido, Daisuke Hirade shows what it would look like if a Japanese anime fantasy went horribly wrong. The account is an ode to haikyo, Japanese spooky and decaying places. Literally translated, the term means “ruins” and is a collection of photographs showing abandoned sites. It’s like the Japanese equivalent of #urbex or #ruinporn. For Hirade, this means focusing on the unloved sections of northern Japan. He mostly visits abandoned schools, amusement parks, and hospitals following his motto “The man who has no imagination has no wings.” His pictures are equal parts skin-crawling creepy and hauntingly beautiful, as they should be – he’s published three kindle books on haikyo, making him a certifiable expert on the topic! |