Arphid Watch: in Dortmund

*Wrecked buildings in total industrial decline are truly

the frontier of the 21st century. They are the one

kind of place in the European heritage economy where

artists on a budget can go do something brand-new.

This was the venue of the HMKV symposium.

Inside, it's a chilly, cheerless, vaguely terrifying wreck

full of loud and colorful digital media art.