Place Hacking

Subvercity

Bradley L. Garrett — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:13:34 +0000

“A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.” -Albert Camus Dan Salisbury and the LCC present Subvercity, a group photographic exhibition at the Delicate Mayhem...

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Climbing a Shard of Glass

Bradley L. Garrett — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:51:27 +0000

“The sensual mysticism of entire vertical being.” -E.E. Cummings As of December 2011, the Shard claimed the title of ‘tallest building in the European Union’, stretching 310 meters into...

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Space Travellers: Barcelona

Bradley L. Garrett — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:30:54 +0000

“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” -Jack Kerouac I have never been able to stay still for very long. For...

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Bolt Action

Bradley L. Garrett — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:14:52 +0000

“Well, if it were easy kid, everybody would do it.” –James Coughlin, The Town (2010) When I returned to London after a summer in the US filming Crack the Surface II, the rules of the game had...

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Capturing Transition

Bradley L. Garrett — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:11:57 +0000

“…for cities change — alas! — more quickly than a mortal’s heart.” - Charles Baudelaire In 2010, myself and five fellow PhD students at Royal Holloway, University of London...

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Crack the Surface: Episode II

Bradley L. Garrett — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:38:52 +0000

The second episode of Crack the Surface, a documentary series about the global urban exploration community. In association with Silent UK Sub Urban

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Team America Blowout: Minneapolis–Saint Paul

Bradley L. Garrett — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:41:00 +0000

“Revolutionary movements to not spread by contamination but by resonance.” – The Invisible Committee There is one primary reason why the London Consolidation Crew has been so successful. Group...

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Sin City Supernova

Bradley L. Garrett — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:01:10 +0000

In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. -Hunter S. Thompson I couldn’t believe we were back in Vegas. Being the neurotic adventure-seeking...

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Home Turf: Carving Places in Space

Bradley L. Garrett — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:39:45 +0000

…place is a crossroads, a particular point of intersection of forces coming from many directions and distances. -Rebecca Solnit Most people, I would venture to guess, tend to think of home as a...

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US Military Infiltration: The Boneyard

Bradley L. Garrett — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:29:17 +0000

“Understanding the past embraces all modes of exploration.” - David Lowenthal Graveyards come in many forms. When I was an archaeologist, I used to dig them up all the time. I remember once,...

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