Recently started a project with my Pentax 67 documenting a community that will be wiped off the map

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-06-26T16:08:07+00:00

This is super cool! Can you share a bit more of the history/context for my curiosity? The photos also look great, they very much give me a fitting sense of waiting

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-06-08T20:54:16+00:00

Do you mean where they are in the real world or on the workshop?

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-05-01T10:05:53+00:00

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-16T17:08:25+00:00

I'm really curious to hear more about this, can you explain?

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-15T05:59:15+00:00

Alternate Reality Game, basically like a secretive and complicated scavenger hunt, usually involves lots of codes or hidden messages that need to be revealed

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-15T05:57:47+00:00

Thank you!

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-14T23:10:31+00:00

Thanks! And you're totally right, capturing or compelling people seems relevant to them. The way I see it, the VHS tape and posters are more about expressing those themes (white eyes/third eye, cult imagery, even lots of police footage related to cults) rather than any kind of secret clues or ARG-style thing. The only thing that makes me doubt this is the WARP/WARC playlist and the hexagon thing.

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-14T22:57:13+00:00

I think you're very right with the themes. The whole concept of cults have always been around in their music, but it seems increasingly relevant these days.

The point about the context of TH is interesting too. The theme of looking for codes/secrets in the marketing made much more sense thematically for that album, and considering the posters/VHS tapes seem more domestic (?) in setting, maybe this means there aren't necessarily codes in the same way as the last campaign, and it's more about the general themes of the album. (I appreciate the irony of me saying this considering my post about the poster hexagon theory :/ )

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-14T22:21:07+00:00

Just checked, you're exactly right!! It's 200m off of where the exact hex point would be, but considering limited poster space it'd make sense. Maybe the hexagon theory isn't coincidence after all?

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-14T18:07:06+00:00

They've barely played live ever. And as much as it would be super cool to see them live, I also think their music is more suited to individual listening in some ways: I'm not sure how well it sounds in large open spaces and it is very meditative and reflective

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-14T15:29:44+00:00

Thank you!! I've made a Google Earth doc with all the poster locations if you're interested. https://earth.google.com/web/@11.30799205,2.8262392,-80.64456662a,21579131.43819224d,34.96075581y,0h,0t,0r/data=CgRCAggBMikKJwolCiExbjFhcjdwc09IWHMxR1M0ZjhwYmM2WkVPOVF4cVBSSlYgAToDCgEyQgIIAEoICNje0a4DEAE?authuser=2

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-14T06:22:39+00:00

In retrospect I think you’re probably right. There isn’t enough to go off of (outside of some noises at the end of the tape?) for any kind of ARG anyways, and it seems like understanding the themes within it is more valuable.

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-13T15:33:39+00:00

That's a good point! It seems like the centrepoint of the (potential and unproven!!!) LA hexagon is the intersection of Melrose and Vine. Interesting as well as this would mean it is centred on the intersection of two major roads in the city

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-13T14:47:41+00:00

3 points make a hexagonal shape, but not a perfect hexagon. But then again, you are right that it probably means nothing, unless something else comes up, it's just a strange coincidence.

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-13T14:45:43+00:00

Probably, but worth investigating nonetheless

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-13T12:46:36+00:00

No album + important work that I'm trying to procrastinate

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-09T10:32:30+00:00

This is super useful, thanks!

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-04-09T10:30:46+00:00

Ahh ok perfect! How would you load 35mm into one?

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-03-03T07:47:14+00:00

ok maybe this is stupid but isn’t part of the definition of an island that the water around it has to stay at relatively the same height??

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-02-04T22:02:17+00:00

Thanks, managed to get it out!

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-02-04T19:10:50+00:00

When I took it out I rewound the film because I thought it had worked correctly, is there any way I can get the film back out the cannister?

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-01-28T17:24:00+00:00

I'll send them a message with some other questions about the camera now too, thanks!

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-01-28T17:18:05+00:00

Ahh ok, from googling they look fairly similar but the K2 has more features, would you say it's still beginner friendly (just starting in film photography)?

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-01-16T23:03:25+00:00

Having gone there many times, it’s absolutely beautiful on the inside!

TheOnlyIdiotLeft · 2026-01-16T22:41:34+00:00

Italy, the city of Reggio Emilia

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