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

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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

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  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.
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