BMW Tate Live Exhibition: Ten Days Six Nights

 

London. Tate Modern stages its first annual live
exhibition in partnership with BMW in the unique underground Tanks
this March. Taking on a new format for an exhibition, it unfolds over
ten days with a combination of installations, performances, film,
music and dance. BMW Tate Live Exhibition: Ten Days Six Nights runs
from 24 March to 2 April 2017, as part of Tate Modern’s and BMW’s
ongoing performance programme. Visitors are invited to walk through a
fog sculpture, experience immersive cinema and to feast their senses
in a plant-filled environment with music, dance and workshops hosted
by an artist.

 

Dr Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, said:
“Whenever the BMW Group engages in cultural events, we are eager to
enable a discourse and encourage discussion, while entirely respecting
artistic freedom. I’d like to thank Tate for the partnership we’ve
built up over the years, based on trust and our shared sense of
curiosity. Both Tate and the BMW Group are driven by innovation and we
are both actively shaping the future in our fields. We view BMW Tate
Live with pride and together with Tate, we will continue to make art
accessible for everybody, be it in person or online.”

 

Achim Borchardt-Hume, Director of Exhibitions, Tate Modern said: “Our
culture is always changing, and so exhibitions must change too. In our
connected digital age, artists and audiences are ever more fascinated
by live experiences, shared in the moment with those around them. Our
new annual BMW Tate Live Exhibition reflects this shift. It puts
collaborative engagement centre stage, responding to the way many
artists work today. It is amazing to see and experience artists
pushing the boundaries of the exhibition format.”

 

An intergenerational selection of artists has transformed the
subterranean concrete Tanks beneath Tate Modern, originally built to
hold the fuel for Bankside Power Station. In contrast to the white
cube gallery spaces used for traditional museum exhibitions, the raw,
industrial character of the Tanks offers an alternative atmosphere in
which to engage with new art in a new way. These spaces now contain a
set of live installations which act as a host or stage for other
artists and visitors. The exhibition also extends outside to the new
Terrace on top of the Tanks, animating the landscape around the Switch
House for the first time. The installations are free to visit during
the ten days of the exhibition, and are further animated on six nights
with a programme of ticketed performances.

 

The artists span generations, continents and disciplines. Their ages
range from 35 to 83 years, they are based in countries spread from
Japan to the Dominican Republic, and their work ranges from poetry to
music, choreography and film. In different ways, all of the artists in
the exhibition are involved in creating communities or staging shared
experiences, often linking natural, organic environments with new
technologies and networks.

 

Featured artists include Fujiko Nakaya (b.1933, Japan), who
transforms the Terrace outside Tate Modern with an immersive fog
sculpture made entirely of water vapour. This is animated by a light
and soundscape made in collaboration with Nakaya’s historic
collaborators Ryuichi Sakamoto and Shiro Takatani, and hosts
performances by renowned dancer and choreographer Min Tanaka. Isabel
Lewis (b.1981, Dominican Republic) is in residence in the Tanks Lobby
throughout the duration of the exhibition. Lewis has investigated the
role of artist as host, creating celebratory and sensorial gatherings
that respond to the energies of her guests. She hosts a number of her
signature Occasions combining music, food, drink and scent to create
an alternative environment for dance, discussions and invited
musicians. CAMP, a collaborative studio founded in Mumbai in 2007, use
the Transformer Galleries as a space to share their archive of digital
video, unfinished films and electronic media, posing questions about
how technology both connects and controls people. Wu Tsang (b.1982,
USA) and Fred Moten (b.1962, USA), present Gravitational Feel, a
sculptural performance using fabric and sound to explore the social
and physical significance of touch and voice. Other participating
artists include: Melanie Bonajo, Carlos Casas, Ian Cheng, Ligia Lewis,
Paul Maheke, Phill Niblock, Daïchi Saïto, Lorenzo Senni, Pepa Ubera,
Josefina Camus, Emily Roysdon and Ian Wilson, whose live performances
in the Tanks span film, music and dance.

 

BMW Tate Live Exhibition: Ten Days Six Nights is curated by Catherine
Wood, Senior Curator of International Art (Performance) and Andrea
Lissoni, Senior Curator of International Art (Film) with Isabella
Maidment, Assistant Curator of Performance and Carly Whitefield,
Assistant Curator of Film.

 

BMW Tate Live

BMW Tate Live is a long-term partnership between BMW and Tate that
features innovative live art, both in-gallery and online. BMW Tate
Live aims to reach an international audience through new forms of art,
addressing audiences changing needs, tastes and interests in art. The
initiative creates a new space for collaboration and a programme that
encompasses performance, film, sound, installation and
learning – areas where artists can take greater risks and experiment
freely. The programme aims to provoke debate on how art can affect
intellectual, social and physical change.

 

About BMW Group’s Cultural Commitment

For almost 50 years now, the BMW Group has initiated and engaged in
over 100 cultural cooperations worldwide. The company places the main
focus of its long-term commitment on contemporary and modern art,
classical music and jazz as well as architecture and design. In 1972,
three large-scale paintings were created by the artist Gerhard Richter
specifically for the foyer of the BMW Group’s Munich headquarters.
Since then, artists such as Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Daniel Barenboim,
Jonas Kaufmann and architect Zaha Hadid have co-operated with BMW.
Currently, female artist Cao Fei from China and American John
Baldessari are creating the next two vehicles for the BMW Art Car
Collection. Besides co-initiatives, such as BMW Tate Live, the BMW Art
Journey and the “Opera for All” concerts in Berlin, Munich and London,
the company also partners with leading museums and art fairs as well
as orchestras and opera houses around the world. The BMW Group takes
absolute creative freedom in all its cultural activities – as this
initiative is as essential for producing groundbreaking artistic work
as it is for major innovations in a successful business.

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For further questions please contact:

 

Dr. Thomas Girst

BMW Group Corporate and Governmental Affairs

Head of Cultural Engagement

Telephone: +49 89-382-24753, Fax: +49 89-382-10881

 

Leonie Laskowski

BMW Group Corporate and Intergovernmental Affairs

Cultural Engagement

Telephone: +49-89-382-45382

 

Duncan Holden

Press Officer, Tate

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7887 4939, E-mail:
pressoffice@tate.org.uk

 

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The BMW Group

 

With its three brands BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce, the BMW Group is the
world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles
and also provides premium financial and mobility services. As a global
company, the BMW Group operates 31 production and assembly facilities
in 14 countries and has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.

 

In 2016, the BMW Group sold approximately 2.367 million cars and
145,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax was approximately
€ 9.67 billion on revenues amounting to € 94.16 billion. As of 31
December 2016, the BMW Group had a workforce of 124,729 employees.

 

The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term
thinking and responsible action. The company has therefore established
ecological and social sustainability throughout the value chain,
comprehensive product responsibility and a clear commitment to
conserving resources as an integral part of its strategy.

 


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