A former 7-Eleven in downtown Seattle has been given an unusual second life as an interactive art shop where familiar convenience-store products have been transformed into deliberately impractical artworks. Called the 'Inconvenience Store', the exhibition keeps much of the former shop's layout, including its aisles, checkout area, refrigerator and hot-food counter, but fills them with creations from more than 70 artists. Visitors can find pre-tangled USB cables, a 'landline iPhone' that plays U2's 'Vertigo' when answered, beeswax egg candles, bags made from Cheetos and Lay's packaging, fake corn dogs and other strange reinterpretations of everyday objects. The exhibition officially opened on September 19 as part of Seattle's WALKDONTRUN arts marathon and is scheduled to remain at the site through mid-2027.
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