Exhibition
Shanzhai Archaeology by Disnovation
21 Mar 2018 – 28 May 2018
Event times
10am - 9pm daily
Cost of entry
FREE ENTRY
Address
- 40 High Street
- Brentford
- TW8 0DS
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bus 65, 237, 267, and N9 all stop outside Watermans
- Tube: South Ealing (Piccadilly) and Gunnersbury (District) at about 1 mile (Zone 3)
- Train: Kew Bridge & Brentford (trains from Waterloo and Hounslow) are a 10 minute walk
See this collection of extraordinary Chinese counterfeit mobile phones in the UK for the first time.
Technological interbreeding or counterfeit creativity, this exhibition explores what happens when technology and creativity are let loose beyond the realms of regulation and standardization.
About
Artists collective Disnovation presents an intriguing collection of counterfeit mobile phones from China that show what happens when creativity and technology collide, outside the norms of standardization and regulation. See how mobiles can meet every need a customer might have…
The Chinese term shanzhai (山寨) refers to counterfeit consumer goods. This includes imitation, trademark infringement, parody, lookalikes and improved goods, particularly in the field of electronics. A shanzhai (literally shan: mountain, zhai: stronghold) denotes a remote village in the mountains where bandits had once recreated their own form of society, far from the rules of the emperor.
Shanzhai Archaeology has been made possible with the support of CNC Dicream, Design Trust – Hong Kong, Institut Français de Chine, Le Cube – Art3000
