The curatorial talk and the guided tour of this new exhibition: The Tibetan Key and Other Stories from the Hotel Metropole with artists Terry Perk and Julian Rowe.
Things aren’t always what they seem, as this exhibition showcasing research from behind the walls of Folkestone’s iconic Hotel Metropole would suggest.
There is a strangeness about hotels. They project an illusion of permanence, and yet their business by its nature is transitory. On the heights of the Leas, along from Folkestone Harbour stands the Metropole, an opulent Victorian hotel now converted into apartments. The glittering ballroom and bars of its palmier days are long gone, as is the wealthy clientele. Beyond the nostalgia however, there is also a darker, stranger side to the hotel’s history.
This exhibition presents a series of these mysterious connections, including Cold War subterranean investigations, a religious eccentric and a shady political movement.
A glass of prosecco (or non-alcoholic alternative) with every ticket.
