Shunt – Dean Gibbons and the knowledge of death5 Apr 2010

Shunt is a gigantic cellar themed pub, it’s entrance through a small door right in London Bridge underground station. Three bars, many chairs sofas and tables, fresh and damp air (it used to be a wine storage), short film cinema, experimental music, still image and object art standing or hanging here and there.

I went there without much expectation, except for the tempo to rise after twelve or something, which, unfortunately, didn’t happen before I got too tired and went home. The club seOne, a really captain club under London Bridge, had similar huge cellar vaults but is now closed

I did enjoy the very cozy place of Shunt and spent a couple of hours there, enjoying the magnificent atmosphere and mixed-form art, and look forward to going there again, now without expectation for tempo. Perhaps they will surprise with some lounge music next time

View some photographs of the interior below:

A small room bringing you back 80 years, old radio shows playing in the background

Door to 30s room

One of many rooms of Shunt Vaults. Very high ceiling and calming lighting

The bars were small but still had lots to drink, a little pricey, though

Left: one of several doorways. RIght: creepy doll

A pub with slightly more lighting you were unsure if they were actors or visitors

Small market selling prints

Large band playing experimental music with kinds of instruments and song. Sometimes a little too complex.

A doll or a dead girl? Later she stood up, rising 8 feet in the air and very talkative

Eerie chair and a sulking box...

People moving like robotic dools, making loud noise when stomping on the floor. Pretty kewl.

I was convinced that doll was going to start moving and shouting random latin quotes.

Left: weird corner with animated projections. Right: hanging, mezmerising, mirrors