Saturday 15 March 2008, 16.00–17.00
Saturday 29 March 2008, 16.00–17.00
Saturday 19 April 2008, 16.00–17.00

Zulu (Speaking in Radical Tongues) consists of a large-scale sculpture that is activated by an evolving series of performances throughout the exhibition Here We Dance. The three-dimensional letters of ‘Zulu’ resemble a discarded advertising hoarding or props from a film set and have the physical presence of a collection of coffins. During the performances, ‘Zulu’ both as sign and stage, is hijacked by a performer channelling dialogue and physical gestures borrowed from the diaries and manifestos of 1960s/70s urban guerrilla groups, communes and their cinematic counterparts.

Spoken in a seamless confabulation, the script undergoes a process of repetition and restructuring, interrupted by the performer’s choreographed movements. The scripts and props remain as detritus of the performance throughout the exhibition, inviting the audience to reflect on the portrayal
of these ideologies and events through the process
of historical distance.

Saturday 15 March is Part One. Saturday 29 March is Part Two and
Part Three is on Saturday 19 April

Tate Modern  Level 2 Gallery
Free, no bookings taken
Limited capacity

  

This event is related to the Level 2 Gallery: Here We Dance exhibition