Friday 3 July 2009

 

Watch out for an urban safari exploring Pimlico, plus pianos in unlikely places. Engage in conversations about art with wandering philosophers and geologists and hear a Johnny Cash-inspired DJ set on a mid-summer’s evening. Plus enjoy a drink al fresco and see Richard Long: Heaven and Earth half price.

General Information
Courvoisier bar outside 18.00-21.30

Pay bar outside 18.00-21.30

Main pay bar in Room 9 18.00-21.30
Refreshments available in the café 18.00-21.30
Restaurant Tasting Menu for 19.30 sitting £60 per head
Main Shop Level 2 open until 21.40
Collection Displays and Classified open 18.00-21.40
Half-price entry to 'Richard Long Heaven and Earth'

Green Minds
T1
19.00 and 20.00
What can Turner and Rothko tell us anything new about climate change?

What lens do you look through when viewing works of art? How many different ways are there to look at a painting? To explore looking at art and play around with your own perspectives on the world's big issues, join Steve Colling and Sarah Hendel-Blackford of Green Minds to discuss considering Turner and Rothko's works through a different lens, in a new, open and interactive format for Late at Tate.

Gallery Geology with Dr Eric Robinson
Meet in the Rotunda 19.00, 20.00, 21.00
Geology is all around you, even in an art gallery! Join Geologist Dr Eric Robinson for a walk inside Tate, looking at the gallery in a way you’ve never thought about before as you try to spot shells, fossils and fault lines. Robinson taught at University College London for 48 years in the department of Earth Sciences and is an expert on urban geology.

Tickets available from Clore Information Desk at 18.00 on a first-come, first-served basis

Door to Door - An Urban Safari with Bob Gilbert
Meet in the Manton Foyer 19.30, 20.30
This urban safari sets out to explore the area around Tate Britain, to reveal its hidden wildness and to understand how a surprising variety of plants and animals can survive in such a seemingly hostile environment.  Join Bob Gilbert, Director of Environmental Sustainability in Islington, to uncover the wealth of story, myth, magic and medicine in Tate's urban environs.

Tickets available from Clore Information Desk at 18.00 on a first-come, first-served basis

Pedal Panoptikon
Manton Foyer, 18.00-21.45
The Pedal Panoptikon is a portable pedal powered super-8 cinema which re-uses abandoned film footage and adopts a recycled DIY aesthetic to provide a new (and somewhat homemade) cinematic experience. For Late at the Tate the Pedal Panoptikon will be screening a short selection of archive super-8 films relating to the landscape - volcanoes, aerial analysis and coastal surveys will, with the help of leg power, unfold before your eyes.

Street Piano at Tate Britain
Clore Terrace 18.00-21.45
Look out for the piano located outside the Clore entrance. Why not have an impromptu jamming session on a summer’s evening? Street Pianos is a city-wide project being run by Sing London, who aim to bring music to the streets.

Walk the Line
Room 9, 18.00-21.30

Join DJ Johnny Clash for a medley of Richard Long's favourite music from the American South, including Blues, Rockabilly, Soul and Folk.

Passport 2 Pimlico @ Late at Tate
Manton Studio 19.30, 20.15
Since October 2008 over 300 local residents have been re-imagining the 1949 Ealing comedy Passport to Pimlico performing scenes in Pimlico's public spaces.  For Late at Tate AKarts will screen a map of Pimlico's shared experiences, offering an insight into what happens when a community comes together.

David Rimmer

Auditorium 20.00

Curated and introduced by landscape critic Tim Richardson tonight’s film programme shows a selection of short experimental 16mm films by David Rimmer, including Surfacing On the Thames (1970, silent, colour, 8 mins), a film which 'celebrates the early passing of steam ships on the Thames. Using freeze-frame techniques, elaborate dissolves, and most of the resources on the optical table, this film is, amongst other things, a Turner come to life'.  Screening notes available.

Tickets available from Clore Information Desk at 18.00 on a first-come, first-served basis