Tate Modern will create the world's first permanent site for the show performances and interactive art
New projects will be located in two underground rooms, which will operate during the summer festival in London, and finally opened to the public in 2016
Eastern oil storage project furnish Tate, 2011
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former underground oil storage plant, in a building which is now the British Museum Tate Modern, will become the world's first permanent venue for the display of performances and interactive installations, reports BBC.
store will open July 18 for a 15-week arts festival to be held at the London Festival of 2012, timed to coincide with the Olympics. According to the manual Tate Modern, art events, which will be held at the new premises of the museum reflects the changing attitude towards creativity, desire and interest to a live audience interaction with art and artists.
Converting oil storage tanks in site for performances of artists - the first stage of the 215 millionth project to increase the area of the museum, through which they will expand to 21,000 square meters, that is 60 percent. 75 percent of funds (more than 162 million pounds) for the reconstruction of storage facilities have been collected by the museum itself. The project has also received 50 million pounds from the British Government, and 7 million by the authorities in London. Work is expected to be completed by December 2016.
stores are not used to the stopping power in 1981. Both rooms are 7 meters in height and 30 meters wide.
East store will open the performance of South Korean artist Kim Hwang Sun's (Kimn Hwan Sung) - a poetic interplay of Korean culture, history and folklore with fantasy and personal experiences of the author. In the south store will show a number of interesting projects, including the processing product of the world-renowned Belgian choreographer Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker (Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker) in 1982.
The festival will last until October 28, after which the store will give the power of the architects and workers, but the leadership of the museum promises that in 2013-2014 the premises will be periodically opened for temporary projects.
Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI
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