实际上与通常所说的对大自然进行的探险不同,城市探险者探险的目标建筑都是人类文明的产物,地面上废弃的工厂、医院、教堂、监狱、战后留下的堡垒,还有地面下的地铁、防空洞和排水管道。而伴随这些文明建筑背后的一些神秘故事,则为城市探险者提供了一份心理测试剂。
【城市探险在中国】
在中国,城市探险活动2005年才刚刚开始。城市里好奇心极强、同时不愿被越来越程式化的无聊生活、工作束缚住的都市人开始沿着类似的轨迹踏上他们的发现之旅,目前只在北京上海天津等地开始形成了自己的城市探险群体和网站。
北京的陈楚,青岛的大麦,上海的陈胖和魔法虫虫,是目前中国城市探险活动的代表人物。《北京青年报》《半岛都市报》《青岛早报》《搜城杂志》青岛电视台等均报道过大麦和他的城市探险运动。
《北京青年报》2008年9月26日 No382期 英文版《Beijing Today》报道幸福公社和大麦的城市探险活动
Qingdao
Beginning for urban exploration
By Zhang Dongya
Urban exploration(UE)came to Qingdao last June,with the biggest local organization of xingfu Gongshe,the Happy Club.
“Every city has some old faces that have been forgotten ,even Qingdao .Thousands of people may have worked in the big factories beside roaring machines,but now only broken walls and pillars remain .The ruins are only a short distance from the flourshing downtown,but people seldom see them.Just like the two sides of one coin ,they are beside each other ,but never meet,”
Damai ,the founder of the Happy Club,said .He and others have a love affair with the city's "B-side".
Unlike other UE teams visting places in secret ,the Happy Club chooses to inform all gatekeepers in advance,If rejected,they offer written materails leke a letter of introduction to get permission.
The abandoned Qingdao Tongtai Rubber Factor is a good start for explorers.It was one of the biggest rubber factories in the country away at its government support.
The abandoned factory is full of industrial waste and spider webs.Although located on a crowded street,nobody sees it since a trap blocks it from public view.Stairs at the back of the building lead to its three floors,but many steps are broken and the climb is dangerous .The first floor was a big workshop with an open area.Rooms on the top floor were offices,since you can still see old telephone numbers that were five to six digits.
The No2 Qingdao Vircycle Factory and the abandoned villa area on Donghai Road are also good exploration sites .Since urban exploration is relatively to Qingdao ,there are stille more discoveries awaiting the adventurous.
“城市探险的乐趣就在于那种专属感:又一座楼被自己征服,又一个秘密被自己发现,又一个很多人无缘得见的东西被自己看见了,在某一天的某一个时刻,整个大楼整栋建筑都属于你自己”。
“城市探险的中国化,实际上在暗示我们的社会也发生了一些变化”,关注国内城市探险问题的社会学者唐万欣在采访中说道:“城市探险的兴起在说明城市文明的无限扩张,新一代的城市青年没有了郊外黑森森的感觉,除了高速公路和旅游景区,我们的生活之中野外这个概念实际上在渐渐远去。
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