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"City of Anarchy": A high resolution schematic of Kowloon Walled City by Adolfo Arranz for SCMP

It uses information and #photography from "The Darkness City: Life in Kownloon Walled City" by Greg Girard and Ian Lambot as well as the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong

This location was the origin of many #Cyberpunk tropes

Higher resolution version is available here: i.imgur.com/5EgtSjj.jpg

An Austrian camera crew did a documentary about the city in 1988 :

youtube.com/watch?v=S-rj8m7Sso

Subtitles in English

#Cyberpunk

resist.berlin @resist_berlin

@cypnk Halfway through the video. Watching this in Tor Browser on a librebooted T400 feels like lifestyle in comparison. We actively chose to go this path and to associate ourselves with the relatively luxurious western version of "cyberpunk" - they didn't have a choice, nor did they have any of the technology, yet their existence is 100% cyberpunk. Scary shit.

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