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DISSERTATION:
URBAN EXPLORATION AND THE SEARCH FOR THE SUBLIME

"We’ve all done it, at least the more intrepid inquirers of us have; and in all probability, unwittingly too:
Its easy, under the chain link fence, onto the sill, pull back the chip board and squeeze through the gap, and you’re in, under the cover of darkness its even easier.  No-one should bother you, and why should they; the building has been rotting into obscurity for years…  Once inside the remnants of past stories unravel in the detritus left behind, in the patina and palimpsest ingrained in the buildings very fabric.  In the derelict, abandoned building, the signs of use give way to a future past;  played out in the mind."

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