Historic Entertainment Venues in Oxford, Valparaíso, and Osaka Reflect Growing Pressures on Cultural Infrastructure
Antonia Piñeiro
Between 2005 and 2021, French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre developed a long-term project titled Theaters . Recently exhibited at KYOTOGRAPHIE 2026 , the work documents a phenomenon that continues to unfold gradually around the world: the decline of infrastructure originally designed for public entertainment in the early twentieth century. Theaters , cinemas, and performance venues that once accompanied the modernization of cities are increasingly being abandoned, repurposed, or