Here We Dance

Tate Modern
Bankside
London SE1 9TG
England
14 March – 26 May 2008
Here We Dance

"Here We Dance looks at the relationship between the body and the state, exploring how the physical presence and circulation of bodies in public space informs our perceptions of identity, nation, society and democracy. The title derives from a work by Ian Hamilton Finlay, which refers to the celebrations that took place during the French Revolution, and alludes to the importance of social gathering in any form of political action or resistance."

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[image from Tate Modern Web site. Caption: Katinka Bock, PS: Jerusalem 2003]

Shibboleth

Tate Modern
Bankside
London SE1 9TG

Turbine Room
Doris Salcedo
Shibboleth

"... the first work to intervene directly in the fabric of the Turbine Hall. Rather than fill this iconic space with a conventional sculpture or installation, Salcedo has created a subterranean chasm that stretches the length of the Turbine Hall. The concrete walls of the crevice are ruptured by a steel mesh fence, creating a tension between these elements that resist yet depend on one another. By making the floor the principal focus of her project, Salcedo dramatically shifts our perception of the Turbine Hall’s architecture, subtly subverting its claims to monumentality and grandeur. Shibboleth asks questions about the interaction of sculpture and space, about architecture and the values it enshrines, and about the shaky ideological foundations on which Western notions of modernity are built."

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[photo from Tate Modern Web site.]