https://blog.nullnfull.com/2013/07/01/tate-gallery-london/ Travel Off The Beaten Track Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.23 https://blog.nullnfull.com/2013/07/01/tate-gallery-london/#comment-70 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 15:39:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=2235#comment-70 Thanks for this comment. This is really interesting. I was aware of Ai Weiwei arrest, however, tried to avoid the political issues here;-) All in all, glad you liked the installation. Enjoy your day!

]]> https://blog.nullnfull.com/2013/07/01/tate-gallery-london/#comment-60 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 16:22:11 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=2235#comment-60 THX for sharing. Do you have any pictures you could share with us?

]]> https://blog.nullnfull.com/2013/07/01/tate-gallery-london/#comment-59 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:45:00 +0000 http://nullnfull.com/?p=2235#comment-59 Sadly, owners of the national galleries in Poland and generally in Eastern Europe haven’t yet realised that forbidding people to touch pieces and artworks is not the way to go. In this case the ban on touching is understandable (though I was a bit upset about it when I went to see the work) as it would accumulate all the dirt and dust quickly.
As for this particular exhibition (or installation, I’d say), context (political, censorship, imprisonment of Ai Weiwei) is key. A few months after the opening, Ai Weiwei got arrested and seriously charged in Beijing and there was an event to support him in the Turbine Hall, where dozens of people surrounded the ramp part of the hall and for 2h, slowly, step by step, were crossing from side to side. All in silence, moving literally 10cm per minute. I took part in it and it was a once in a lifetime experience.

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