Curated this program of electronic audio-visual performances by Ryoji Ikeda, Carsten Nicolai and Robert Henke (aka Monolake).
During the second half of the last century, the pioneers of experimental music started looking for new musical forms based on an economy of elements. The three works presented in this program all illustrated the influence of early minimalism on contemporary electronic music, whilst demonstrating the use of software-based techniques for the simultaneous creation of sound and image.
Part of The Long Weekend Festival, Tate Modern Turbine Hall, London 2006
Part of the curatorial committee who developed and presented the inaugural Long Weekend Festival.
This program included a presentation of Musiccircus by John Cage, a performance of Sheer Frost Orchestra by Marina Rosenfeld, a large-scale participatory event titled, One Pound Turbot Market by Surasi Kursolowong, the re-creation of Trisha Brown’s 1975 performance, Man Walking Down the Side of a Building, and the re-enactment of a Spanish melodrama with original costumes by Joan Miro.
The Long Weekend subsequently ran as an annual festival from 2006 – 2009.
Tate Modern Turbine Hall and outdoor locations, London 2006
Convened this discussion bringing together international theorists, curators and architects to debate the future of the artefact and the institutions that steward their exhibition, collection and preservation.
Speakers: Hani Rashid, Vince Dziekan, Jasia Reichardt, Ken Friedman and Rodrigo Alonso. Chaired by Celine Condorelli.
Tate Modern, London 2006
Directed a documentary capturing the dynamics of a participatory work by Surasi Kusolwong.
Drawing on the Thai custom of hospitality, One Pound Turbo Market invited audiences to participate in a frenzied sale of consumer goods imported into the UK from Asia. The installation was accompanied by a karaoke sing-along and madcap fashion parade. The film combines an interview with the artist, documentation of the shenanigans and vox pops with audience members to unpick Kursolowong’s critical investigation of the art market, modern consumer behaviour and the systems by which we ascribe value.
Distributed via Tate Online in association with The Long Weekend Festival, Tate Modern, London 2006