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The Tate Modern Rehang.
Jun. 7th, 2006 11:13 pmVisited the Tate Modern to see the new rehang and organisation of the art works,after seeing Tim Marlow's TV documentary about the rehang on Five. I only had time to explore one level so i went straight up to floor five which is now called Ideas and Concepts. The foyer leading to the rooms has a large wallchart,a family tree infact,of such concepts and movements such as surrealism,futurism and vorticism. My particular interests was seeing minimalist work,Fluxus and video art.
The first piece to catch my eye was the Bruce Naumann video "Double No" in which two vidoe images of a clown jumping up and down and saying "NO".However one video image is the mirror of the other and follows a few seconds before or after,and is upside down to the other creating a rhyhym that would not occur in a single video clip. It is also very funny and sometimes there is too little humour in art.This was in the Image and Text room.
In the Image and Object rooms there was the infamous Marcel Duchamp urinal,and for the first time (as far as i know) Joseph Beuys "The Pack (1967), which has the found objects of a camper van,its back door open and survival equipment and blankets strewn acroos the room.
Other highlights were the flourescent tubes of Dan Flavin,Carl Andre's minimalist "Equivalent VIII" (the infamous sandstone bricks),and the various collages of Kurt Schwitters (famous for the sound poetry URSONATA).
Top of the bill for me was Christian Marclay's "Video Quartet". Like his record work the images were fast cut snippets of sound from movies and re-edited into a musical sequence across four screens close together,similar to Bill Viola's tryptich video installation of birth,life and death,but four instead of three,and often one image would move from the left hand screen and appear at the far right hand screen.
Each clip had moments of music from films such as The Man With The Golden Arm,Mary Poppins,Elvis in GI Blues,various trumpeters,saxophonists and groups,a clip of Harpo,The Modern Jazz Quartet,Thelonious Monk,Dizzy Gillespie,Hendrix at Woodstock and Live At I.O.W.,ethnic musicians,singers.Too many to remember in a piece that lasted about 12 minutes. I was transfixed. IT is great to see Mr.Marclay being honoured since i love his punderphonic CD's. Could we call "Video Quarter" a plunderphonic installation? Whatever,it is a must-see and is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
There was other films i wanted to see but lack of time became a problem,specifically Walter Ruttman's "Berlin,Symphony Of A Great City" (1927) as its 63 minutes long. Nect
time though.
Just been reading coming42's blog page with an interesting selection of book reviews,esp.The Da Vinci Code,and one by Kate Mosse (not that model one either!)
Did very well last two weeks on the stall,after the standard rent,made a profit of £44.50!I was pleasantly surprised.If GC comes aboard as well it can only help sales to stay bouyant.
Off to bed,feel sleepy - wonder if will have lucid dreams like Bradxxx?
The first piece to catch my eye was the Bruce Naumann video "Double No" in which two vidoe images of a clown jumping up and down and saying "NO".However one video image is the mirror of the other and follows a few seconds before or after,and is upside down to the other creating a rhyhym that would not occur in a single video clip. It is also very funny and sometimes there is too little humour in art.This was in the Image and Text room.
In the Image and Object rooms there was the infamous Marcel Duchamp urinal,and for the first time (as far as i know) Joseph Beuys "The Pack (1967), which has the found objects of a camper van,its back door open and survival equipment and blankets strewn acroos the room.
Other highlights were the flourescent tubes of Dan Flavin,Carl Andre's minimalist "Equivalent VIII" (the infamous sandstone bricks),and the various collages of Kurt Schwitters (famous for the sound poetry URSONATA).
Top of the bill for me was Christian Marclay's "Video Quartet". Like his record work the images were fast cut snippets of sound from movies and re-edited into a musical sequence across four screens close together,similar to Bill Viola's tryptich video installation of birth,life and death,but four instead of three,and often one image would move from the left hand screen and appear at the far right hand screen.
Each clip had moments of music from films such as The Man With The Golden Arm,Mary Poppins,Elvis in GI Blues,various trumpeters,saxophonists and groups,a clip of Harpo,The Modern Jazz Quartet,Thelonious Monk,Dizzy Gillespie,Hendrix at Woodstock and Live At I.O.W.,ethnic musicians,singers.Too many to remember in a piece that lasted about 12 minutes. I was transfixed. IT is great to see Mr.Marclay being honoured since i love his punderphonic CD's. Could we call "Video Quarter" a plunderphonic installation? Whatever,it is a must-see and is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
There was other films i wanted to see but lack of time became a problem,specifically Walter Ruttman's "Berlin,Symphony Of A Great City" (1927) as its 63 minutes long. Nect
time though.
Just been reading coming42's blog page with an interesting selection of book reviews,esp.The Da Vinci Code,and one by Kate Mosse (not that model one either!)
Did very well last two weeks on the stall,after the standard rent,made a profit of £44.50!I was pleasantly surprised.If GC comes aboard as well it can only help sales to stay bouyant.
Off to bed,feel sleepy - wonder if will have lucid dreams like Bradxxx?
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