Eerie dangling, dripping sculpture dominates the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall

(8 Oct 2024) UK TATE MODERN INSTALLATION SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTION SUMMARY: LENGTH: 05.27 ASSOCIATED PRESS London, UK - 8 October 2024 1. Various of Mire Lee ‘Open Wound’ exhibition in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, turbine slowly spinning with water dripping 2. Tilt up of exhibit, turbine and fabric sculptures called ‘skins’ 3. Mid of ‘skins’ 4. Close of chains 5. Mid of turbine spinning slowly 6. Various of chains 7. Pan of exhibit 8. Various set up shots of Tate Modern curator, Alvin Li 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Alvin Li, curator, International Art, Tate Modern: "Mire started having this image of being inside a large animal's body with its inner linings shedding skins over time, which led her to the decision of filling the whole space with fabric sculptures she called 'skins'. They will be actually installed in multiple stages throughout the show, culminating in March when it becomes the most full." 10. Various of exhibits 11. Various of ‘skins’ hanging up 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Alvin Li, curator, International Art, Tate Modern: "There are two kinds of movements in production work that will happen throughout the show. Every two weeks, once the skins are fully wetted and ready to go, there will be technicians that come onsite at an unannounced hour to take those skins and those gantries out of this case to the back of the space and then hang those skins on drying section and then swap with a new batch of unwetted skins that are waiting in the back." 13. Various of ‘skins’ 14. Various of spinning turbine 15. Close of water dripping and silicone tubes 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Alvin Li, curator, International Art, Tate Modern: "As you can see with this commission, she's done some absolutely wild architectural intervention. She took down the cladding of the bridge. So when you walk into the turbine hall at the main entrance, you actually see through the guts of the industrial building all the way into the east, end up the turbine hall." 17. Person looking at exhibit, media taking a photo 18. Wide of exhibit, ‘skins’ hanging at the back of the Turbine Hall 19. Various of set up shots of Tabish Khan, art critic, looking at exhibit 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Tabish Khan, art critic: "So, I think there's a high expectation and not for all artists to live up to in the Turbine Hall installation. This one, I think, really grabs you. There's something very visceral and bodily about it. You see the dripping water, the hanging fabrics. It feels like something out of a horror movie, maybe reference to childbirth. Reference to the fashion industry. And I think that's what's great about in that you get an immediate visual hit, but you can spend a lot more time with it and then get a lot more from it once you understand where the artist is coming from." 21. Close of ‘skin’ hanging 22. Close of water dripping 23. Tilt down of exhibit 24. SOUNDBITE (English) Tabish Khan, art critic: "I think the sound element of this installation really adds something. The little dripping water that you can hear, it almost feels like it's raining inside. And I think that draws you in as you come down the Turbine Hall in the grand entrance of the Tate Modern. So I think that will pull people in and then they'll spend a lot more time looking at all the hanging fabrics throughout." 25. Various of exhibit LEADIN: South Korean artist Mire Lee's new large-scale sculptural installation has been revealed at the Tate Modern in London, as part of the annual Hyundai Commission. STORYLINE: There is something new dangling from Tate Modern’s ceiling. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...