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Elephant & Castle is a neighbourhood in central London known for its vibrant and growing Latin American community. The demolition of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre in 2021 displaced many small business owners, pushing them into precarious temporary spaces and weakening the cohesion of the community.
Love the Elephant, Hate Gentrification is a single channel video that features a miniature model of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre building, cast in butter, melting into disappearance. An attempt to invite all to contemplate the triviality of contemporary urban transformations and their socio-political impacts on minority communities.

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