{"id":18130,"date":"2017-11-14T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=18130"},"modified":"2017-11-13T21:49:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T21:49:22","slug":"in-photos-ruin-an-abandoned-imaginary-disco-nightclub-in-the-store-studios-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-ruin-an-abandoned-imaginary-disco-nightclub-in-the-store-studios-london\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: Ruin &#8211; an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-13.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A collaboration between Ben Kelly &#8211; who was behind the legendary Manchester nightclub Hacienda &#8211; and\u00a0architectural designer\u00a0Virgil Abloh, <em>Ruin\u00a0<\/em>is a large-scale installation that recreates a mythical abandoned nightclub.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-14.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With disco and electro music thumping out from the big Funktion One soundsystem, visitors are invited to walk around what looks like a squatted, post-nuclear upmarket New York nightclub.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-06.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A giant mirrorball appears to have broken loose of its housing and crashed into the dancefloor below, gouging out a trail of destruction in the flooring.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-10.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wires, cables and plug sockets can be seen rolled up into a tangled ball.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-01.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The dancefloor appears to have folded up on itself.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-02.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more photos of the installation. Scroll down for address and opening hours.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-03.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-04.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-05.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-07.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-08.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-09.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-11.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-12.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/ruin-store-studios-london-15.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Ruin - an abandoned imaginary disco nightclub in the Store Studios, London, November 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Virgil Abloh + Ben Kelly\u2019s\u00a0<em>Ruin<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Open:<\/strong> Tuesday \u2013 Saturday 12pm-7pm, and Sundays 12pm-6pm<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Store Studios, 180 The Strand, London, WC2R 1EA, and is accessible from the entrance on Surrey Street.<br \/>\n<strong>Admission<\/strong>: Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collaboration between Ben Kelly &#8211; 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