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]
| 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] |
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