Schwabe, Alon
The Empire Remains Shop
- ISBN 13:
- 9781941332375
- author:
- Schwabe, Alon
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Columbia Books on Architecture and the City
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 25.65 x 21.08 x 2.03 centimetres
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Architecture & Design, Criticism
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 3 working days
Description
The Empire Remains Shop explores an intriguing idea: what if we were to sell back the remnants of the British Empire in London today? This concept is rooted in the history of "empire shops" developed in London in the 1920s, which aimed to introduce colonized products to the British market. The book builds upon a public installation in London in 2016 and delves into its critical program of discussions, performances, dinners, installations, and screenings. The Empire Remains Shop uses food as a tool to map new geographies across our postcolonial world. Structured as a franchise agreement, the book outlines potential landscapes, imaginaries, economies, and aesthetics for future iterations of the shop. This thought-provoking work invites readers to consider alternative political structures for a more distributed and hyper-globalized world. By examining the possibilities and implications of selling back the empire's remains, The Empire Remains Shop offers a unique perspective on our current global landscape.
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