Gorilla in the Trees; Dance in the Turbine Hall Tate Modern, Lucie Libotte, Joie De Winter, Flaminia Veronesi, Strangeworks, Lydie Luc, Math...
Gorilla in the Trees; Dance in the Turbine Hall Tate Modern, Lucie Libotte, Joie De Winter, Flaminia Veronesi, Strangeworks, Lydie Luc, Mathew Robins, Bluff and Bloomers, An installation on the front lawn of Tate Modern during the Long Weekend annual festival. Over 100000 members of the public passed through this temporary environment of artists, designers, inventors and engineers. The theme for the festival was Arte Povera, a term coined by the Italian critic and curator Germano Celant in 1967. It was at a time of great economic and political instability and this art movment was seen as a reaction against the dominance of Pop Art, mass consumerism and capitalism. In the spirit of Arte Povera our installation was a celebration of experimentation, art without restraint. We used natural and found materials to reflect the relationship between art and life. Like the historic event that inspired it, this event was extremely relevant in the current economic and political times. Music Shed, Stage, May Pole, Apothecary & Permaculture, Candlelit Matinee, Pegasus & the Little Theatre of Dolls, Museum of British Folklore, Town Cryer, Mobile Garden, The Drawing Room, Grandmother's Bed, The Dressing Room, Clay Time, First Class Retro Future, Heath Robinson Studio, Okido Space Capsule, Chess Laboratoy, Doll Factory, Gingerbread House, Virtual Reality (BFI), Judo Académie de Paris Less
