May 30
Today we went to visit and explore the Tate Modern Art Museum. I was actually really excited to tour this museum as I have an immense love for art and find modern styles to be the most obscure, yet intriguing.
The first piece that really stood out to me was A series of images following one from the other. Eine Aufeinander folgende Reihe von Bildern 2018 by Silke Otto-Knapp. The piece is made using watercolors and makes frequent references to ballet and modern dance. Being that I was a dancer and did ballet for over sixteen years, I was immediately drawn to this huge piece of artwork.
In the gallery, there was a film running of the choreographies that inspired this piece, including Stavinsky’s Les Noces and Rainer’s Continuous Project Altered Daily. In addition, the whole piece is made using a single watercolor pigment, despite it looking like multiple shades of paint.
The next piece that really stood out to me was a preponderance of aboriginal blood 2005 by Judy Watson. These pages were all official documents from the Queensland State Archives overlaid with stains of blood to represent the systemic prejudice and violence that was result of these laws. In total, there are 16 pages all of official discriminatory confronting’s towards the aboriginal people of Australia. When I walked past this piece, it forced me to stop and look at it because in a way it is so brutal, and purposely so.
Theatre in London U of A 