Small Hours by Sindhu Shivaprasad

Small Hours by Sindhu Shivaprasad

#12: Between two places is a non-place

Of non-places and blind spots in urban topography

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Sindhu Shivaprasad
Dec 14, 2020
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In Studio Ghibli's Castle in the Sky, said castle in the sky is a hyperreal wasteland, overrun by creepers and climbers, with the only custodians of wildlife being domesticated robots. It's eerily lively yet devoid of any life; a floating piece of nothingness long abandoned by the ones who called it home. It's the future reclaimed by natural space, wher…

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