“No Soul for Sale” at Tate Modern
To celebrate its 10th birthday, Tate Modern is staging a major free arts festivals “No Soul for Sale – A Festival of Independents,” in the Turbine Hall. Because the Hall is part gallery and part covered street, it lends a participatory spirit to its exhibitions and “an anarchic, tongue-in-cheek sensibility.” On that note, curators Cecilia Alemani and Massimiliano Gioni and artist Maurizio Cattelan have invited over 70 independent art spaces and collectives to create unique projects for the three day, global arts festival.
Like the first edition of the festival, which was presented at X Initiative in New York in 2009, the exhibition take its name seriously. “No Soul for Sale – A Festival of Independents” is meant to be a space where artists still under the radar can experiment in a fun, creative and open-minded environment in the same ambitious spirit of Tate Modern itself, which has presented 52 exhibitions, staged over 135 performances, held around 400 film screenings, mounted ten Unilever Commissions and hosted one million school visits.
“No Soul for Sale – A Festival of Independents,” May 14-16, 2010.
