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Pripyat, Chernobyl (part 1 of 2)



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A short film by Irish artist Nicky Larkin, shot in Pripyat, in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
The city of Pripyat was once considered the finest place to live in the whole of the Soviet Union. A thoroughly modern city, it was built in 1970 to house the workers of the new Chernobyl nuclear power plant and their families, and was once a happy home to 50,000 people. In the aftermath of the accident in Chernobyl in April 1986, the residents of Pripyat were instructed to pack one suitcase and told they would be returning in three days. One thousand buses were drafted in from all across the Soviet Union to take the residents of Pripyat out of their now highly contaminated homes. They never returned. 21 years later Pripyat stands empty, a ghost town deep within the Chernobyl exclusion zone, the last remaining Soviet city. This haunting experimental film by Irish artist Nicky Larkin takes you inside Pripyat and examines the relationship between time, nature and culture, in a city that will never be lived in again.
Selected for The Locarno Film Festival 2008, Switzerland, The European Media Art Festival 2008, Germany, and The Darklight Film Festival, Dublin. Shot in September 2007 Running Time - 16 minutes (Due to youtube limitations, it has been neccessary to split Pripyat into two parts. If you wish to s
ee the unsplit original version with stereo sound, visit www.myspace.com/nickylarkin) Nicky Larkin has a solo show in The Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, in October 2008, where he will create large-scale multi-screen video and sound installations based on his visit to Pripyat.


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this planet wont ... ( 3 months ago by diveplane)
this planet wont see another 100 years.
this shit keeps up.
Planet probably ... ( 3 months ago by JoonasFinland)
Planet probably will but the human race won't.
we wont see another ... ( 3 months ago by loveupskirts)
we wont see another 100 yrs , earth will get along fine without us......
yeah they need to ... ( 2 months ago by dago00)
yeah they need to build a new one till year 2012 or so there are pictures on the net how it will look like
Safe for a quick ... ( 2 months ago by BladePHF)
Safe for a quick nip in. But you would
´nt want to spend ANY sort of extended time there.
Chernobyl is my fav ... ( 2 months ago by MOOSKENBOGN)
Chernobyl is my fav plce... i did a report at school on it... it made me mad that no one ever heard of it before... found it because of S.T.A.L.K.E.R :)
you can go to ... ( 2 months ago by patie132)
you can go to prypiat but some places around chernobyl is full with radiation.
thats why u need a guide
Actually I've heard ... ( 2 months ago by Gunnar125)
Actually I've heard there are a few old people living there. Theyre still not dead.
In some places its ... ( 2 months ago by Gunnar125)
In some places its high, in others its less. In the plant itself its so high it will kill you within days, if not earlier.
yes... several ... ( 2 months ago by hentajus)
yes... several times higher than normal... close to the reactor (about 100meter range) it's 40 times above normal... the Ukranian government says "it's okay and nothing bad can happen to your health" and stuff like that... but if you spend a nice amount of time there you can really get cancer in the future... there are many documentaries about chernobyl today
...says a gta fan ( 2 months ago by hentajus)
...says a gta fan
I wanna go there so ... ( 2 months ago by Olemguy)
I wanna go there so bad. For now i can only visit Pripyat through vids, pictures and videogames
If what shit keeps ... ( 1 month ago by harrier125)
If what shit keeps up? I mean power plants dont explode every day you know.
Rofl you are an ass ... ( 1 month ago by harrier125)
Rofl you are an ass! If you stand 500 meters away from the actual power plant itself you get the smallest amount of radiation which will do no harm to you what so ever.
Humans havent ... ( 1 month ago by harrier125)
Humans havent screwed up that bad that you must go around videos explaining your "inner" feelings.
CoD4 (Shit Game) ... ( 1 month ago by harrier125)
CoD4 (Shit Game) Did recreate it. I dont think you have even played the game if you dont know that.
So Pripyat is now a ... ( 1 month ago by rosemontag)
So Pripyat is now a ghost town.
I wan't to visit ... ( 1 month ago by MrLongbowman)
I wan't to visit Pripyat, it is so empty and so philosophic.
In some parts, very ... ( 1 month ago by ThaSchwab)
In some parts, very high. The radiation in Pripyat won't be completely gone for thousands of years, if not more.
What a fantastic ... ( 1 month ago by InstinctsM7)
What a fantastic place. Truly a favorite place of mine.
In every picture of ... ( 1 month ago by mailnoslihp95)
In every picture of that pool ive seen that broken blue table
could use a little ... ( 1 month ago by scilonthreat)
could use a little paint
reminds me of "dawn ... ( 1 month ago by scilonthreat)
reminds me of "dawn of the dead" (original). Either way, the bugs were like: "ha ha! we won!"
good stuff ( 1 month ago by scilonthreat)
good stuff



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