The Long Weekend
USB Openings: The Long Weekend 'Do it yourself'
Free daytime events
UBS Openings is an exciting programme of events and activities which form part of the partnership between Tate Modern and UBS, a global financial services firm, over three years.
Media Partner:
Metro
Introduction
Join an amazing four-day Bank Holiday festival of performances, films, and music at Tate Modern.
The theme of this year's UBS Openings: The Long Weekend is 'Do It Yourself' and is inspired by the Arte Povera and Post-minimalist artworks in the the new Energy and Process Collection displays.
All events, films, music and performances are free.
The Weekend's Highlights
Climb over and explore Robert Morris’s landmark installation, first exhibited at Tate Gallery in 1971, invites visitors to physically navigate a series of sculptural and architectural elements.
Watch Michelangelo Pistoletto as he performs Newspaper Sphere leaving the Turbine Hall and crossing the Millenium Bridge into the streets of London
Listen to Bach’s St John’s Passion performed by a cellist, completing Janis Kounellis’s Untitled.
Watch Jennifer West's films Skate the Sky Wheels, Ink, Ho-Ho's & Melon and others
Hear sound installations and live performances of works by the avant-garde composer Luigi Nono whilst viewing the collection on Level 5.
Take part in a series of workshops and activities for families and people of all ages as House of Fairy Tales take residency outside Tate Modern by the riverside.
Experience 1000, a new performance work by the artist Paola Pivi, in a unique aural transformation of the Turbine Hall as an exuberant finale to the weekend.
Video of 1000, Long Weekend 09: Paola Pivi >
Full Programme
Friday 22 May 2009
- Robert Morris - Bodyspacemotionthings
Installation, Turbine Hall
10.00–22.00
Free - House of Fairy Tales
Performance and workshops, North Lawn
10.00–18.00
Free - Reports from Utopia - Luigi Nono's music for tape and soprano
Music performance, Level 5
12.00–13.00
16.00–17.00
17.00–18.00
19.00–20.00
Free - Jannis Kounellis - Untitled
Music performance, Level 5
14.00–15.00
18.00–19.00
Free
- Jennifer West - Skate the Sky Melon Grab Film
Performance, Turbine Hall
19.00–20.30
Free
Saturday 23 May 2009
- Robert Morris - Bodyspacemotionthings
Installation, Turbine Hall
10.00–22.00
Free - House of Fairy Tales
Performance and workshops, North Lawn
10.00–18.00
Free - Reports from Utopia - Luigi Nono's music for tape and soprano
Music performance, Level 5
12.00–13.00
16.00–17.00
17.00–18.00
19.00–20.00
Free - Arte Povera and Film
Film, Starr Auditorium
15.00
Free - Jannis Kounellis - Untitled
Music performance, Level 5
16.00–17.00
19.00–20.00
Free - Michelangelo Pistoletto - Newspaper Sphere
Performance, Turbine Hall Bridge
17.00–18.00
Free - Wheels, Ink Ho-Ho's and Melon: Films by Jennifer West
Film, Starr Auditorium
19.00–20.30
Free
Sunday 24 May 2009
- Robert Morris - Bodyspacemotionthings
Installation, Turbine Hall
10.00–18.00
Free - House of Fairy Tales
Performance and workshops, North Lawn
10.00–18.00
Free - Reports from Utopia - Luigi Nono's music for tape and soprano
Music performance, Level 5
12.00–13.00
16.00–17.00
Free - Jannis Kounellis - Untitled
Music performance, Level 5
14.00–15.00
Free - Around Arte Povera
Film, Starr Auditorium
15.00
Free - 8 1/2, Federico Fellini (1963)
Film, Starr Auditorium
19.00
Free
Monday 25 May 2009
- Robert Morris - Bodyspacemotionthings
Installation, Turbine Hall
10.00 – 18.00
Free - House of Fairy Tales
Performance and workshops, North Lawn
10.00–18.00
Free - Reports from Utopia - Luigi Nono's music for tape and soprano
Music performance, Level 5
12.00–13.00
14.00–15.00
Free - Collage and Collaboration
Film, Starr Auditorium
15.00
Free - Jannis Kounellis - Untitled
Music performance, Level 5
16.00–17.00
Free - Paola Pivi - 1000
Performance, Turbine Hall Bridge
17.00
Free - Dissonant Dandy: Luigi Ontani
Film, Starr Auditorium
19.00
Free