UBS Openings

Tate Modern, London

A 4-day celebration of film, music, performance and visual art. The series opens with Ikue Mori's live soundtracks to films by Maya Deren followed by Throbbing Gristle performing to films by Derek Jarman. Sleep is a unique chance to experience Warhol's first film accompanied by an all-night performance of Satie's musical composition that inspired it, whereas, during the day, major art commissions and installations by Marepe, Mathieu Briand and Helio Oiticica are hosted.

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The Long Weekend

Each evening features unmissable live performances and screenings in the iconic setting of the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. The series opens with Ikue Mori's live soundtracks to films by Maya Deren, followed on Saturday by the legendary Throbbing Gristle performing to rarely-screened super-8 films by Derek Jarman.

Sleep is a unique chance to experience Andy Warhol's first film accompanied by an all-night performance of the musical compostion that inspired it: Satie's 18-hour Vexations, performed by pianists including Gavin Bryars and Michael Nyman. The weekend closes with Synthesis, bringing together Ryoichi Kurokawa, Toshimaru Nakamura & Billy Roisz, Sachiko M & Benedict Drew.

During the day, Tate Modern hosts major art commissions and installations by artists Marepe, Mathieu Briand and Hélio Oiticica.

Friday 25 May, 9pm

Maya Deren/Ikue Mori
Seven experimental films by legendary avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren with specially commissioned soundtracks performed live by iconic New York musician Ikue Mori.

Saturday 26 May, 9pm

Derek Jarman/Throbbing Gristle Sold Out, Returns Only
Pioneering electronic sound artists and originators of the "Industrial" music label, Throbbing Gristle, perform live in remembrance of visionary UK filmmaker Derek Jarman. The performance will feature a selection of Jarman's magical, rarely-seen 1970s experimental Super 8 films.

Sunday 27 May, 7.30pm (til 2pm Monday)

Sleep: Warhol/Cage/Satie with performances by Gavin Bryars, Michael Nyman and John Giorno
Andy Warhol's first film Sleep, is screened throughout the night accompanied by a re-creation of the 18-hour musical performance that inspired it, John Cage's historic 1963 staging of Erik Satie's epic repetitive work for piano, Vexations (1893). Introduced with a performance by Warhol's lover John Giorno, who features in the film.

The event runs all night but ticket holders can drop in and out. Food & drink will be available throughout the night. Feel free to bring a sleeping bag.

Monday 28 May 9pm

Synthesis - Ryoichi Kurokawa/Toshimaru Nakamura and Billy Roisz/Sachiko M with Benedict Drew
Presenting live audio-visual performances from Japan, Austria and the UK, this programme highlights artists who are exploring the use of feedback, decay, assemblage and kinetics. While the avant-garde movements of the modern period idealized the machine, mechanical dysfunction is now often a focus of artistc interest. Central to the notion of synthesis, are artistic practices that make use of electronic, analogue and self-built instruments; tools, techniques and software for the real-time creation, improvisation and manipulation of both sound and image.

For full details or to book on-line:
http://www.tate.org.uk/thelongweekend2007

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Bankside - London

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