Museum of Modern Shopping (MoMS) is an para-museum and platform for conversation and collaboration on issues relating to the architecture – both physical, virtual, social, economic and psychological – of shopping. Throughout 2022, MoMS has presented a series of exhibitions and events, most of which have been situated within a 95-year-old shopping centre in Romford - Romford Shopping Hall.
Shop spaces are increasingly sitting empty as rents increase and people gravitate towards the convenience of online shopping. What does the future hold for these spaces? What about the small independent businesses that lose out as online retailers such as Amazon gain ever more power? What might our high streets and shopping centres become if they are no longer focused on retail? MoMS wants to imagine new possibilities for these spaces and consider how a new algorithmic architecture is shaping our habits of consumption online and impacting different geographical and social contexts.
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Andrew Warhola
Featuring Pepe Jeans, Iesha Crumpton, Brillo soap pads, Galison Mudpuppy, Depop, @annablackpool, Uniqlo, lyss__, Campbell's Tomato Soup, Krishanda Upton, ebay, Forever 21, @rolayojemima, Pull & Bear, @armileo03, Zazzle, Nyrah Saleem, Dafen Oil Painting Village, U2W, @influencersinthewild.
A number of sponsored videos were commissioned by MoMS from various nano influencers sourced on Fiverr.com. The videos were published to celebrate the launch of MoMS in March 2022.
Task Force: Solving the World is Easy to Do
A solo exhibition by Jill Kennedy-McNeill.
Berlin Bins
Solo exhibition by Josefine Resich.
Islands of Predictability
With work by A.M. Darke, Helene Nymann, Sabine Gruffat, and @alienshopping888.
Global Shadow, Local Mist
With work by Di Fang, Larry Achiampong, and Kateřina Frejlachová, Miroslav Pazdera, Tadeáš Říha & Martin Špičák.
A quick history of the Argos catalogue, compiled by MoMS. The Argos catalogue - lovingly labelled 'the book of dreams' - was printed for almost 50 years until production was stopped in 2021 because the internet had gone too far. The grief was immediate and real.
Modern Shopping
Online exhibition with work by Dan Mitchell, Débora Delmar, Sara MacKillop, and Shanzhai Lyric alongside a selection from the MoMS and Peak archives.