#Expo 2000

[germanpostwarmodern]

Under the motto „Man, nature, technology - A new world is emerging“ the Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany, sought to kickstart the new millennium with a promising and sustainable outlook into the future: 155 countries exhibited on a total of 160 hectares, often in specifically designed pavilions. Between June 1 and October 31 some 18 million visitors came to see the Expo but once it was over the vast Expo area fell into a sleeping beauty slumber: although much of the infrastructure survived and many of the exhibition pavilions were demolished, demounted, re-used or translocated, landmark buildings like the Dutch pavilion by MVRDV rotted away as if to prove the Expo’s general secretary wrong: prior to the exhibition she stated that „There will be no ruins“, a noble yet unfulfilled wish.

This statement also concludes Piet Niemann’s book „Expo 2000 - 20 Years Later“, a photographic exploration of the former Expo area in Hannover published last year by Kerber Verlag. In 2020 Niemann, an architectural photographer who dedicates his free works to the long-term observation of places and the changes they undergo, set out to take stock of the current state of the area and its buildings: with great precision he documents how nature reclaimed certain areas, businesses repurposed the former exhibition architecture and also shows the previously mentioned Dutch pavilion as a derelict steel skeleton, swathed in fog and awaiting an uncertain future. But as architect Jacob van Rijs of MVRDV reveals in his essay the pavilion’s future isn’t uncertain anymore, instead it is slated for transformation into a permanent building, a circumstance that makes the photos all the more timely as they document the beauty of a ruin before its changed forever.

In general Niemann’s photos convey a sense of other-worldliness that leaves the readers wondering if the area has been frozen in time as a past idea of the future. A fantastic new look at an almost forgotten part of German history!

[elbene15]

My Top 10 Character Wishlist for Fortnite

[l0n4t1csfan65]

nooo twipsy you k1ll3d footix

[geniuskitten]

I may not be more present on mascot fandom but I’m still very curious about the lost brazilian dub of that cartoon(i just found informations about the rj dub), if someone haves the tapes of that cartoon or already watched it pls contact with some of the voice actors or javier mariscal

[mudwerks]

(via Kraftwerk - Expo 2000 (Kling Klang Mix 2002)

[peteneems]

E3 2000

[carebear613]

con photos :)

[witchrealms]

sailor moon cosplayers at anime expo, 2000

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[oxypusher]

MIKU EXPO ‘24!!

[batvilletv]

Clark Kent For President 🇺🇲

[otakupilled]

I WENT TO MIKU EXPO!!!!!

[okochamasensou]

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[clodswithachanceofmeatballs]

Watch "Black Butler | OFFICIAL TRAILER" on YouTube

I'M NEVER GOING TO SHUP UP - WE'RE BACK!!!!! 🖤🖤🖤

[l0n4t1csfan65]

humanized mascots

[behaemoth]

Our beautiful gorjas picture with mr Joe Quinn

[mudwerks]

(via Kraftwerk - Expo 2000 [Music Video 1999])