Finished #ConcreteIsland
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His relationships…all the thousand and one emotionally loaded transactions of his childhood, would have been tolerable if he had been able to pay for them in some neutral currency, hard cash across the high-priced counters of these relationships….

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#JGBallard

For years now he had
re-mythologized his own childhood…
a small boy playing endlessly by himself in a long suburban garden…Perhaps even his marriage to Catherine…had succeeded precisely because it recreated for him this imaginary empty garden.

Finally finished the Ballard's disaster trilogy! Really enjoyed this one :) #BookSky #BookTok #BookTube #Ballard #ConcreteIsland youtu.be/Gtx_cdDsS0g

Sheet of contact prints showing photos of the erection of a concrete dome at Isbister

Orkney Island Council tender for work at Isbister

VHS tape

Spent an interesting hour yesterday looking through archives pertaining to the concrete dome erected over Isbister aka Tomb of the Eagles in 1988. Fascinating insights into planning meetings & bizarre materials needed to make it happen. Plus - there is a VHS! #ConcreteIsland

Concrete Island (1988) Blu-ray Whilst now enjoying a position as a cult favourite, Alan Clarke’s 1988 adaptation of JG Ballard’s Concrete Island was not only a highlight of that year’s television, but s source …

Alan Clarke's #ConcreteIsland movie starring #PeterDavison comes to #BluRay, with it's iconic OST from @heartwood9.bsky.social and @hawksmoormusic.bsky.social

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