Antepavilion

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

The 2020 winner, "Sharks!"

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]

References

1. "Antepavilion building "smashed up" and staff arrested in police raid". Dezeen. 26 June 2021.
2. "Antepavilion". Antepavilion.
3. "Antepavilion building "smashed up" and staff arrested in police raid". Dezeen. 26 June 2021.
4. "With the future of the Antepavilion in the balance, organizers move ahead". The Architect’s Newspaper. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
5. "Could This Micro Dwelling in Disguise Help Solve the Housing Crisis?". ArchDaily. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
6. "An Inflatable Antepavilion Theater is Setting Sail Through London's Canals". ArchDaily. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
7. "Maich Swift Architects creates canal-side theatre as third Antepavilion". Dezeen. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
8. "Sharks! Why are five man-eaters being unleashed into a popular canal?". The Guardian. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
9. Ing, Will (25 August 2021). "Latest Antepavilion could be the last, warn organisers". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
10. "THE WINNER OF THE 2024 ANTEPAVILION: FOUND(ATION)". Retrieved 3 November 2024.

External links

• Official website