Backrooms through time

A fascinating trend is emerging on Twitter. Users are imagining the Backrooms as an element outside of time, depicting them across every era, place, and context: from prehistory to the Renaissance, through ancient Egypt, ancient China, and the Victorian age. It all started with a post by Dyoudi Mitimasa @Project_Crater @dyoudim titled “The Sun”.
Like Bruce Sterling once said, we’re not just multi-cultural, we’re becoming multi-temporal.

Flea Market Montgomery

Flea Market Montgomery was a furniture flea market store in Montgomery, Alabama. Despite their closure in 2009, the store created one of the most famous (local) television adverts in history. This video was filmed in 2006, and almost instantly became a viral hit across the internet. I think this is the source of inspiration for Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire furniture store in the Kane Parsons’ Backrooms movie.

WorldGrow

Researchers have created WorldGrow, an AI system that generates endless 3D environments by stitching together procedurally created rooms and hallways. “Photorealistic and structurally consistent” spaces you can theoretically walk through without end.
Welcome back, backrooms.

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