Linda Bell creates huge and colourful sculptures, which she often animates through movement and workshops.
Inspired by her playful work, you can view and interact with Linda’s sculptures and make your own by expanding on her use of materials, colour, movement and repetition.
Linda invites you to bind, wrap and loop every day, sensory materials like foil, paper and fabric, to create layered sculptures to be added to the installation as shapes overlap, change, and grow bigger.
Movement is welcome here. Try swinging, shaking or gently moving your sculpture. Experiment by inviting someone to join you and see what happens when you move the structures together.
Linda often likes to share how she makes her work. You can watch how she does this in a specially commissioned film, which captures ways you can grow and animate the artwork.
As you transform these sculptures, notice how they change. Watch how the light, colours, and textures shift. Listen to the sounds they make. Feel the movement in your body as you loop, swing, shake, remake!
About Relaxed Hours
This session is primarily for neurodivergent children and adults, and any other visitors with sensory needs who prefer a more relaxed experience, plus their families, friends and carers. Those who are looking for a playful-yet-still-relaxing hour to start the day can visit the space – just with smaller groups so we can support any additional needs you might have.
Resources will be available on the day including:
- Access Station
- Ear defenders
- A quiet breakout space
- Fewer people in the space and smaller groups
- Tate staff will be aware that this is an access hour and will take that into consideration as they look after you and the artwork.
Linda Bell (born 1968) is a London-based deaf, Autistic, and learning disabled artist. Her practice is facilitated by Charlotte Hollinshead and managed by the visual arts organisation ActionSpace.
ActionSpace supports learning disabled artists, providing access to creative studios, professional guidance, and the assistance they need to realise their potential. ActionSpace has three dedicated studios in London: Studio Voltaire (South London), Cockpit Bloomsbury (Central London), and ASC Ealing Road (West London).
Artwork credits:
Sculptures: Linda Bell
Facilitator: Charlotte Hollinshead
Film credits:
Produced by Tate Digital
Filmmaker: Turab Shah
All Tate Modern entrances are step-free. You can enter via the Turbine Hall and into the Natalie Bell Building on Holland Street, or into the Blavatnik Building on Sumner street. There are lifts to every floor of the Blavatnik and Natalie Bell buildings. Alternatively you can take the stairs.
- Fully accessible toilets are located on every floor on the concourses.
- A quiet room is available to use in the Natalie Bell Building on Level 4.
- Ear defenders can be borrowed from the Ticket desks. To help plan your visit to Tate Modern, have a look at our visual story. It includes photographs and information about what you can expect from a visit to the gallery. Download Tate Modern map PDF For more information before your visit:
- Email hello@tate.org.uk
- Call +44 (0)20 7887 8888 (daily 10.00–17.00)
