stupendifying structure

instances

instance	work	category of work
The environments depicted in parts of “Space Colony Art from the 1970s”	Parts of Space Colony Art from the 1970s: Cutaway view of Bernal Sphere, from Rick Guidice Cylindrical Colony: Interior view looking out through large windows, from Rick Guidice Eclipse of the sun with view of clouds and vegetation, from Don Davis	series of images
The structures depicted in parts of “Cénotaphe de Newton”	Parts of Étienne-Louis Boullée's Cénotaphe de Newton: Cénotaphe de Newton (2) Cénotaphe de Newton (4)	series of images

parts

the interior of a stupendifying structure

possible characteristics

Has one or more liminal spaces.

instances

instance	work	category of work
The environment depicted in “Backrooms - Investigating the Hum”	Backrooms - Investigating the Hum: Backrooms - Investigating the Hum (Tape #1) Backrooms - Investigating the Hum (Tape #2) Backrooms - Investigating the Hum (Tape #3) Backrooms - Investigating the Hum (Tape #4) Backrooms - Investigating the Hum (Tape #5) Backrooms - Investigating the Hum (Tape #6)	series of videos
The environments depicted in parts of “Imaginary Prisons”	Parts of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Imaginary Prisons: The Drawbridge The Lion Bas-Reliefs The Round Tower The Smoking Fire Staircase with Trophies	series of images
The interior of the Anshin space station	The Orbital Children	Japanese animated work
The interior of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center	Portal Portal 2	video game
The interior of the Machine depicted in “The Machine Stops”	E. M. Forster's The Machine Stops	written work
The interior of Sidonia	Knights of Sidonia	Japanese animated TV series
The interior of Silo 18	Silo	TV series
The interior of the Time Variance Authority Office	Loki	TV series

categories

tremendra

spooky stupendifying structure

possible characteristics

• Hints at an unseen and insidious presence.
• Makes visitors feel unwelcome.
• Seems sensible at first glance, but on closer inspection is found to possess senseless, systemic flaws that make it dangerous to traverse.

instances

instance	work	category of work
The abandoned spacecraft depicted in “The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope”	The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope	Japanese animated work
The bamboo maze depicted in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	video
The derelict space station depicted in “Magnetic Rose”	Memories § Magnetic Rose	Japanese animated work
The environment depicted in “Backrooms Test”	Backrooms Test	video game
The environment depicted in “Metal Garden”	Metal Garden	video game
The environments depicted in parts of “Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919”	Parts of Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919 (14591912388) Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919 (14591890679)	series of images
The environments depicted in parts of “The Metropolis of Tomorrow”	Parts of Hugh Ferriss's The Metropolis of Tomorrow: Crude clay for architects Drawing, Study for Maximum Mass Permitted by the 1916 New York Zoning Law, Stage 4, 1922 The four stages Frontispiece Hanging gardens Industrial Arts Modern ziggurats The Science Center Technology Vista thru a two-block building	series of images
The exterior of the stellar bomb depicted in “Sunshine”	Sunshine	video
Freeze City Lost City	Wolf's Rain	Japanese animated TV series
The heptapod spacecraft depicted in “Arrival”	Arrival	video
The monolith depicted in “2010: The Year We Make Contact”	2010: The Year We Make Contact	video
Ramiel, as one of Adam's children	Neon Genesis Evangelion	Japanese animated TV series
SCP-2399	SCP-2399 SCP DOCS - SCP 2399 - OBJECT DESCRIPTION
The shell of the traversable machine depicted in “Cube”	Cube	video
The spacecraft depicted in “One-Punch Man”	One-Punch Man	Japanese animated work
The Vanishing Isle	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	animated work

parts

the interior of a spooky stupendifying structure

instances

instance	work	category of work
The agonantous environments depicted in TheMrLeoniasty's “The Backrooms”	TheMrLeoniasty's “The Backrooms”: The Backrooms - Tape 1 The Backrooms - Tape 2	series of videos

commentary

precedents

Jacob Geller. (2019, January 18). Gaming’s harshest architecture: NaissanceE and Alienation [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkv6rVcKKg8

umbrianthrificational stupendifying structure

parts

the interior of an umbrianthrificational stupendifying structure

possible characteristics

• Provides more than enough space for all of humanity.
• Requires longer than a human lifetime to cross on foot.

instances

instance	work	category of work
The Backrooms depicted in “Backrooms Movie - Surveillance”	Backrooms Movie - Surveillance	video
The City	Blame!	manga
The Complex	Kane Parsons's The Backrooms	series of videos
The Palace	Echo	video game

commentary

precedents

Solar Sands. (2021, August 14). Monumentality [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwGKqiOyIAM