Tate Modern, the Tanks

Now that the Switch House extension has been completed the Tanks have re-opened as well. These cast grey concrete structures were once used as oil tanks for the power station but now they serve as underground exhibition areas. I was very pleased to be able to photograph in the stygian gloom of the video streaming rooms and look at the novel ideas in the other spaces. 
The video was by Thai artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul and was filmed in a town near the Mekong river where the Thai army suppressed communism among the local farmers using murder and abuse.






There was a well lit are containing several pieces including a blue meccano like structure by Rasheed Arleen which is reassembled by the Tate staff each morning. For variety there were some glass cubes as well as musical objects and some pottery.




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