Interact
Robert Morris
Body, Space, Motion, Things
Climb, balance, crawl and roll on the interactive installation Bodymotionspacesthings by artist Robert Morris, as this series of huge props including beams, weights, platforms, rollers, tunnels and ramps built from materials such as plywood, stone, steel plate, and rope transforms the Turbine Hall.
This is a re-creation of Tate Gallery’s first fully interactive exhibition which took place in 1971, inspiring a huge media and public interest, when an art gallery asked people for the first time to physically interact with an art work. Shockingly, it was closed just four days after opening, due to the unexpected and over enthusiastic response of the audience. This time around, it will be created using contemporary materials based upon the original plans, in collaboration with Morris, enabling you to experience an exciting landmark in Tate's history. http://www.tate.org.uk/
Hague Yang
Dress Vehicles
Haegue Yang’s mobile sculptures, Dress Vehicles, are displayed in the Tanks. The wheeled structures are constructed from aluminium frames, blinds and intricate knotted textile macramé.The sculptures are animated by performers who are invited to choreograph their own movements in the space, creating a relationship between performer and object as they ‘dance’ together. Yang (born Seoul, Korea, 1971, lives and works Berlin) works with everyday materials, often domestic ones, to create colourful installations that frequently combine industrial materials with sensory effects using light and scent. She has also created a number of different performance and video work
Changing Light Corridor with Rooms
The work is a manifestation of the artist’s fascination with the affects that physical environments can have on people, especially the feeling of unease that comes from being in a space that is too compressed or too large. The structure of the work invites viewers to interact with it and to step into a space that could be physically or mentally disorientating. Once inside, viewers find themselves in a situation that simultaneously lures and repels. The side rooms offer a brief sense of liberation from the narrow corridor, yet they also produce a feeling of alienation and self-consciousness due to the intense, flashing light and confined space. Any sense of isolation, however, is affected by the possible presence of other visitors, which may heighten the viewers’ feelings of self-consciousness.www.tate.org.uk