Antepavilion Explained
Antepavilion is an art charity in London, known for its extensive legal battles with the Hackney London Borough Council over its various art exhibits.[1] The charity holds an annual design competition, commissioning a temporary structure to be installed at a site on the Regent's Canal, and also funds "art-craft-architecture" research, stages artistic and political events, and manages artist studio spaces.[2]
In 2021 the charity's site was raided by London police, who arrested staff and seized equipment.[3] London police claimed that one of the commissioned works that year was similar in design to bamboo towers constructed by protest group Extinction Rebellion.[4]
Competition winners
| Year | Design | Artist |
|---|
| 2017 | H-VAC | PUP Architects[5] |
| 2018 | AirDraft | Thomas Randall-Page and Benedetta Rogers[6] |
| 2019 | Potemkin Theatre | Maich Swift Architects[7] |
| 2020 | Sharks! | Jaimie Shorten[8] |
| 2021 | AnteChamber | Studio Nima Sardar[9] |
| 2024 | FOUND(ATION) | Good Shape (Lioba Pflaum & Hannah Sheerin)[10] | |
Notes and References
- News: 26 June 2021 . Antepavilion building "smashed up" and staff arrested in police raid . en . .
- Web site: Antepavilion . Antepavilion.
- News: 26 June 2021 . Antepavilion building "smashed up" and staff arrested in police raid . en . .
- News: With the future of the Antepavilion in the balance, organizers move ahead . 5 April 2022 . The Architect’s Newspaper . 23 March 2022.
- News: Could This Micro Dwelling in Disguise Help Solve the Housing Crisis? . 5 April 2022 . ArchDaily . 14 August 2017.
- News: An Inflatable Antepavilion Theater is Setting Sail Through London's Canals . 5 April 2022 . ArchDaily . 9 August 2018.
- News: Maich Swift Architects creates canal-side theatre as third Antepavilion . 5 April 2022 . Dezeen . 2 August 2019 . en.
- News: 18 August 2020 . Sharks! Why are five man-eaters being unleashed into a popular canal? . en . . 9 March 2022.
- News: Ing . Will . Latest Antepavilion could be the last, warn organisers . 5 April 2022 . The Architects’ Journal . 25 August 2021 . en.
- News: THE WINNER OF THE 2024 ANTEPAVILION: FOUND(ATION) . 3 November 2024.
