"Last one in is a rotten egg," a neon sign in brilliant pink goads, as half a dozen people frolic and snap photos in a giant caviar bowl.
In an adjacent room, two schoolgirls in matching pink and white dresses jump excitedly on a trampoline the shape of a frying pan, taking pictures with a Hello Kitty camera."The Egg House" in Shanghai is where an apparently unhealthy interest in eggs and selfies meets Alice in Wonderland.The pop-up installation is described by organisers as "created to share the universal love of eggs and provide a momentary escape from the city".
'The Egg House' in Shanghai is described as "an egg-themed pop-up exhibition".Situated on the third floor of a Shanghai shopping mall, "The Egg House" is the work of Chinese creator Xu Biubiu and is her second installation -- the first was in New York and another is planned for Los Angeles in November.It costs up to 198 yuan ($29) to enter -- for two adults at weekends -- and once inside visitors can lose themselves in several egg-themed rooms.It is unashamedly all about one thing -- photos and selfies.In one room, there is an armchair that looks like a cheese sandwich, while another has the bewildering sign, “Stop being so bloody eggy when you take in”.Aima Li sheepishly clambers out of the so-called caviar bowl, really a large ball pit more usually associated with nurseries."I feel a bit too old for this," the 29-year-old said, pointing out that many of the people around her were closer to high-school age.But Li, who works in television and splits her time between Shanghai and Tokyo, said she would be posting on social media the pictures she took with her friend."I'm a bit of a little girl so I like the decorations here and it's so colourful," added Ling Jiamo, between preening and posing for pictures taken by her boyfriend.