*PREVIEW* - The Walter Benjamin Escape Town
Cursed Objects1 Aug 2022

*PREVIEW* - The Walter Benjamin Escape Town

Celebrating Walter Benjamin's 130th birthday with a truly cursed journey into the darkest end of the experience economy... from yuppie ballpit bars in Shoreditch to the commodification of the Holocaust, it's a wild ride with the spiritual godfather of Cursed Objects.

Theme music and production: Mr Beatnick

Artwork: Archie Bashford

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