HISTORICO FUTURISM

摘要

As much as modern architecture framed narratives of optimism, it also became the site of much darker visions. In the Hulme estate photographer Kevin Cummins found the perfect setting for his portrait of Joy Division. Saying 'the space in the photograph was like the space in their music', Cummins indelibly marries the band's aesthetic with the architecture and landscape of Hulme. In 1974, just two years after the completion of the Hulme Crescents, safety issues led the council to declare Hulme unsuitable for families. This spawned a spectacular second life as a gathering place for youth subculture.