SIMPLY BOTIFUL is a new installation by Swiss artist, Christoph Bűchel currently showing at the Hauser & Wirth Coppermill Gallery on Cheshire Street in London. This exhibition is truly astounding, as Bűchel creates an incredibly realistic world for visitors to explore. You’ll wander through seedy, abandoned hotel rooms, a grimy sweat shop, a cluttered warehouse, a tiny prayer room, a porno room, an inhabited lorry and a puzzling and immense excavation. Everything in this epic work can be touched, moved, opened, and inspected forcing visitors to become voyeurs into the worlds of illegal immigration, the black market, terrorism, and poverty.

Be warned that this exhibit is not for the light-hearted. It’s dirty, sleazy, and smelly - and can (intentionally) make participants feel claustrophobic, paranoid and disheartened. Oh, and be prepared to crawl, so don’t wear your Sunday best! I’ll say no more as I’ve given away too much already…

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