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Tate Modern Performance

Moe Satt: F n’ F (Face and Fingers)

10 October 2024 at 14.00–14.30 and 16.00–16.30
12 October 2024 at 14.00–14.30 and 16.00–16.30
Artist Moe Satt holds his fingers to his ears, cupping them with his fingers splayed

Moe Satt, F n’ F (Face and Fingers) 2008-2012. Courtesy of the artist and Nova Contemporary.

Experience the expressive potential of bodies with this movement performance in the Tanks

Burmese artist Moe Satt presents a live group choreography of face and finger movements. The performers use only their bodies as tools and enact a ritualistic sequence of over 100 ‘hand sculptures’. These are based on gestures observed by the artist in the streets of Yangon, Myanmar. Using a poetic form of communication, the performers explore how meaning changes when hand signs are combined with facial expressions.

This performance was originally developed in 2008. It is also the subject of Satt’s Tate collection video work ‘F n’ F (Face and Fingers). Satt has staged the performance work in different places around the world. The sequence has accumulated additional gestures over time. This latest iteration is devised specially for Tate Modern’s South Tank.

Moe Satt is part of a generation of contemporary Burmese artists who have engaged with experimental practice as a form of resistance to government censorship and oppression in Myanmar. Adopting abstract and conceptual techniques rather than taking direct political action, Satt’s artworks use the body as a site for expression and dissent.

This performance takes place in the context of the exhibition Moe Satt: Rest the Thumbs on the Cheekbones at Delfina Foundation.

Performers: Showmi Das, Takeshi Matsumoto and nick von kleist/nvk

Supported by Jim Amberson, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Tate Performance Activation Fund and Tate Americas Foundation. This performance is organised in collaboration with Delfina Foundation.

Both performances on 10 October will be audio described.

Performance is silent apart from a series of whistles by the artist.

Access companions go free, please select this option when booking if you require a companion to attend. Spaces will be reserved for wheelchair users and companions.

The performance will last 30 minutes. You may stand or be seated. Seating will be provided in the form of cushions on the floor, fold-out stools, and chairs. All chairs are hard and some have arms for additional support.

The performance takes place in the Tanks, on Level 0 of the Blavatnik Building at Tate Modern.

Entrance is via the Turbine Hall entrance on Holland Street. All Tate Modern entrances are step-free. Fully accessible toilets will be available to use in The Tanks.

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Dates

10 October 2024 at 14.00–14.30

10 October 2024 at 16.00–16.30

12 October 2024 at 14.00–14.30

12 October 2024 at 16.00–16.30

Pricing

Free with ticket

Audio description: Both performances on 10 October will be audio described.

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