http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/ 2010-03-15T11:01:13Z http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/article/2128/an-experience-into-global-culture.html <a target="_blank" href="http://thedoubleclub.co.uk/"><b>The Double Club</b></a> in London is an exercise in the fusion of different forms of entertainment and culture around a single location. <br><br>The club is only open for a total of 6 months, but allows visitors to experience the Congo through its music, food (pigs trotters, goat stew and conger eels for example), and art. <br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edcotton/3171346697/" title="Double Club-London by ed100, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/3171346697_6dfa76845d.jpg" alt="Double Club-London" height="297" width="500"></a><br><br>To make the contrast even more striking, visitors can alternate between The Congo and more traditional/expected Western club, art and restaurant experiences. <br><br>Of course, this is to ingenious to be a truly commercial concern and instead is the result of a collaboration between Fondazione Prada and the artist Carsten Holler. <br><br><br>Posted by Ed Cotton Influx Insights 2009-01-05T14:42:53Z