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In response to:
Mathieu Briand, Spiral
Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, 25 and 26 May 2007

Call for proposals:
Performance Interventions


Image from installation at Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2002

Performance Brief

Spiral is an installation created by the French artist Mathieu
Briand. It is at the same time, a sculpture, a sound installation and
a performance space, which aims at generating a constant performative
dynamic. The Artist and Tate, wish to invite Composers, Musicians and
innovative DJs to use the unique context offered by Spiral, in order
to creatively expand the installation with a range of sound and
performance activities throughout the day.

Spiral consists of five turntables, one etching machine to burn new
vinyl records, a matrix of four vinyl records on which sounds from
machines and other samples have been etched into locked groove loops
by the artist, two mixing desks and the possibility of plugging in up
to seven additional instruments, laptops and other hardware. Any
combination of these elements may be used in conjunction with your
own proposed work. A speaker system is also integrated into the
installation and will be audible across the entire space. The
installation will be positioned in the east end of the Turbine Hall
and be viewable from the ground and other heights from the bridge and
galleries.

Spiral will be installed in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, across
two days of the Long Week-End, a festival dedicated to performance,
music, film and participatory installation. Events are presented
across 4 nights and 3 days, responding in various ways to the works
and themes evident in Tate’s Collection. Spiral will function on this
occasion as a performance space that we wish to animate throughout
the day between the hours of 10.00 to 18.00.

We wish to welcome proposals that would be specific to Spiral and
that may be responsive to the Tate Collection’s States of Flux theme
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?showid=1333 You
should propose a 30 minute performance to take place within the given
facilities. Your proposal can be based on any musical style and can
include additional acoustic instruments as well as electronic sound.
You are also invited to propose creative ways to explore the
materiality of sound and its ability to dialogue with the sculptural
and architectural aspects of this installation.

In addition to the performance proposal, there is also an opportunity
to develop your project in collaboration with the public or to
propose workshops with young people, should it be relevant to your
interests. This is not a requirement however it may be of value to
you, to develop the work into the specifics of the space, in context
of an additional one hour participatory session previous to your
proposed performance, with participation resulting in a workshop or a
sound/sample gathering exercise, to be used later as a part of the
performance. An assistant Curator and other Tate personnel will be
available to help manage any participatory aspects. If you have ideas
for workshops, but feel you would be unable to facilitate that
yourself, we may be able to connect you with a workshop tutor who
could assist you with realizing the idea. Alternatively participation
may be proposed as part of the 30 minute performance itself.

We are offering a fee of £300 for contracted Artists. Additional
Expenses like travel or musical accompaniment may be negotiated
within reason. Production resources and technical support will also
be provided.

We would like to receive proposals for a new improvisational work or
an adaptation of a previous work, no longer than 2 pages; including
your proposed idea, relevant instrumentation details, how you intend
to use the existing facilities, what else you may be bringing with
you, as well as a comment on the use of space if applicable.

Please include with your proposal a list of foreseen technical
support requirements and an estimate of expenses. If you choose to
work with others please ensure everyone involved is listed in your
proposal.

Please also attach a short biography and a recording or documentation
of previous work.

Proposals will be received by the Curators and discussed with the
Artist, Mathieu Briand previous to any confirmation of engagement.

States of Flux: The central space of this wing is devoted to the
early twentieth-century movements Cubism, Futurism and Vorticism.
These avant-garde artists broke with traditional ideas of picture
making, seeking a more dynamic and fractured visual language to
represent the complex reality of modern life and the machine age.
Surrounding displays show how these developments influenced
experimental film, photography and design, sometimes with a more
pointed political agenda. Another room shows the post-Impressionist
art from which the younger generation were breaking away. Cubist
innovations such as collage were central to the emergence of Pop Art
which combined high and low culture, art and commerce into forceful,
celebratory and sometimes critical visions of the post-war consumer
era. More recently, techniques such as collage, appropriation and
assemblage have been reinvented and transformed by younger artists to
reflect the multi-layered texture of urban life. New digital
technologies have enabled contemporary artists to adopt methods of
sampling, mixing and montaging associated with alternative music and
club cultures.

Please see attached MathieuBriand.doc for further details about the
installation.

We encourage you to discuss your proposal informally, before
submitting. Please get in touch with Kelli Dipple
kelli.dipple at tate.org.uk and Vanessa Desclaux
Vanessa.Desclaux at tate.org.uk  Please copy all email correspondence to
both Curators. A site visit can be arranged upon request.

Please offer a registration of interest via email by January 14
The deadline for completed proposals is January 29

Please post a copy of your proposal, biography and documentation to:

Vanessa Desclaux
Exhibitions
Tate Modern
Bankside
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