The Horror of Impossible Architecture

An endless hallway, an impossible office, a house with an ocean in the basement, and the difference between a labyrinth and a maze 🌀 Watch my videos ad-free, before anyone else, by joining Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/sarahdavisbaker Watch the full version of this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/sarahdavisbaker-the-horror-of-impossible-architecture Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahdavisbaker MEDIA DISCUSSED AND SPOILED: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Backrooms directed by Kane Parsons House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Vivarium directed by Lorcan Finnegan Impossible Cities by Italo Calvino MEDIA DISCUSSED AND NOT SPOILED: It Ends directed by Alexander Ullom A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard SPECIAL THANKS TO Daniel Sousa for the use of 'Minotaur' - watch the short film in full here: https://www.danielsousa.com/#/minotaur/ CaveChronicles for the use of their caving footage - watch their videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@CaveChronicles OTHER MEDIA USED Codispoti Gianpaolo's video of the submerged statues https://vimeo.com/220766309 The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) Places for the Soul: The Architecture of Christopher Alexander (1990) 10 That Changed America - 10 Buildings that Changed America by PBS (2013) Forest Fair mall demolition by Awesome Otter Forest Fair Mall Grand Opening by LJ Hooker Developments (wasn't that wild?!) Jim Henson's the Storyteller: Greek Myths, Theseus and the Minotaur from the Internet Archive Introduction to Development by the Indiana University Audio Visual Center, from the Internet Archive Stock footage from Getty Images Additional stock footage from Storyblocks, Artlist, Envato and Picryl MUSIC From Epidemic sound and Itch.io Music used, in order: Dreamcord Nostalgia by Juanjo Sound Barely a Memory by Juanjo Sound The Final March by Juanjo Sound Sea Shells by Young Community Welcome to the Store by Audible Dread Warped Nightmares by Audible Dread Creepy by Juanjo Sound Signal Lost by Juanjo Sound Ashen by Luba Hilman You Found the Backrooms Exit by Juanjo Sound I used the TINIEST sample of Word Becomes Flesh Boards of Canada please don't sue me Whelve by Karolina Gabel Dreamcore Island by Juanjo Sound (YEAH THEY CARRIED THIS WHOLE VIDEO ON THEIR BACK) Lighthouse Drawings by Broad Sky The Forest Fair Mall Theme Song, I guess? Dreamcore Carousel by Juanjo Sound The Poolrooms by Juanjo Sound Stirrings by Clarence Reed