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Empire Kiosk was built following Ben Lloyd's teaching trip to Sierra Leone in 2011. Where he used the the mobile phone credit and charging kiosks – in order to stay in touch with family back home. He was excited struck by their creative use of collage and materials, by their globalism, by the way they dealt with their colonial past and how they serve as community hubs and began photographing and documenting them. Empire kiosk is an appropriation of these kiosks, especially of the towns Kabala and Freetown.

The pictures above are of Empire Kiosk installed at the British Museum (London), for the Sierra Leone Independence Day Celebrations, April 2013. Below the images show the kiosk exhibited in Oriel Q (Narberth), Arcadecardiff and Chapter (both Cardiff).