The Community : Shanzhai at Averard Hotel
The Community : Shanzhai. The new installation and video by The Community is now available for 1-night stays at Averard Hotel in London as part of the exhibition “European, Foreign & Domestic” by Slate Projects.<br /><br />The installation “Shanzhai” is a replica of an apartment we stayed in while in Thames Town just outside of Shanghai. Thames Town is one of the nine towns build around Shanghai that replicate European cities. It replicates a typical British townhouse architecture found notably in London.<br /><br /><b>The space</b><br />The Community : Shanzhai is based at the Averard Hotel in Lancaster Gate, an empty nineteenth-century townhouse-cum-hotel currently awaiting renovation. A complex layering of historical styles, grand spaces and abandon made for a unique exhibition venue which challenged the conventions of contemporary art exhibitions.<br /><br />The Averard Hotel stands at the western end of the Lancaster Gate development. Built in English Baroque with French mannerist
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