UBS OPENINGS: THE LONG WEEKEND
Friday 25 – Monday 28 May
Tate Modern
UBS Openings: The Long Weekend is one of the world’s most
dynamic celebrations of film, music, performance and visual art, set
within the iconic architecture of Tate Modern. Four days of free live
performances, art installations, events & activities, including
installations by artists Matthieu Briand and Marepe. In the evening
the Turbine Hall provides a stunning setting for epic-scale film
screenings and live music performances.
Performances by Films & installations by
Throbbing Gristle Matthieu Briand
Ikue Mori Marepe
Gavin Bryars Derek Jarman
Michael Nyman Andy Warhol
Ryoichi Kurokawa
Sachiko M & Benedict Drew
Toshimaru Nakamura & Billy Roisz
Tickets: 020 7887 8888
http://www.tate.org.uk/thelongweekend2007
Friday 25 May, 9pm
Maya Deren/Ikue Mori
Seven experimental films by legendary avant-garde filmmaker Mayan
Deren with specially commissioned soundtracks performed live by
iconic New York improvisation musician Ikue Mori.
Saturday 26 May, 9pm
Derek Jarman/Throbbing Gristle Sold Out. Returns Only
Pioneering electronic sound artsists and originators of the
“Industrial” music label, Throbbing Gristle, perform live
in remembrance of visionary UK filmmaker Derek Jarman. The performance
will feature a selection of Jarman’s magical, rarely-seen
1970’s experimental Super 8 films.
Sunday 27 May, 7.30pm (til 2pm Monday)
Sleep is Obsolete: Warhol/Cage/Satie with performances by Gavin
Bryars, Michael Nyman and John Giorno
Andy Warhol’s first film, Sleep (1963), is screened throughout
the night accompanied by a re-creation of the 18-hour musical
performance that inspired it, John Cage’s historic 1963 staging
of Erik Satie’s epic repetitive work for piano, Vexations
(1893). Introduced with a performance by Warhol’s lover John
Giorno, who features in the film.
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Monday 28 May,
Synthesis –Ryoichi Kurokawa/ Toshimaru Nakamura and Billy Roisz
of AVVA/ Sachiko M with Ben Drew
Three spectacular performances using analogue and digital instruments
alongside computer graphics to create a synthesis of sound and image.
The Turbine Hall provides the perfect backdrop for penetrating tones,
thumping sub bass and spectacular abstract images on an
all-encompassing scale.
All tickets £18
Book online at
http://www.tate.org.uk/thelongweekend2007 or call 020
7887 8888