Yesterday we went on a little tour of Tate Modern’s old oil tanks. These are the three tanks that were once used to store oil when it was a power station. They are huge. All the metal from the tanks has been removed but the huge concrete structure that housed them remains.

During Tate Modern’s second phase of development (see here) they are going to be turned into exhibition spaces - and very good spaces they are too. There are currently a series of John Baldessari films being shown in them but I wasn’t allowed to photograph them.

Afterwards we went to look at the Miroslaw Balka piece ‘How It Is’ in the turbine hall - It’s huge and monstrous and very good - like walking into the gates of hell, or some kind of inter-dimensional portal.

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Displacement was dismantled today. Below are some of the comments from the book in the gallery (I don’t normally like to blow my own trumpet but I thought some of these were quite sweet):
‘I like the big painting with everything in it. Architectural landscapes. Also I want to live in the little room.’
‘Really like the Secret House installation through hole in the wall - I would live there.’
‘...Brilliant hidden room was fun.’
‘Rich White - the woman’s room - loved it!’
‘I considered eating a display biscuit, but didn’t.’
‘Loved it, especially Rich White’s Displacement. 2nd visit now.’
‘My favourites were Survival Pt 2 + the secret grotto behind the wall (not sure of the name).’

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Yesterday, as part of Interrogation Walsall, I went to The New Art Gallery Walsall to give a talk about my work.
It was a really good event and fine way to finish Anna Francis‘s excellent month-long project.

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We’ve just got back from a holiday in Valencia.
Photos here.

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As promised, some images from the opening night.

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It was the opening of Paraflows09: URBAN HACKING last night. It was really good - very busy and lively with some nice responses to my work.

I shall post some images of the night shortly. I can’t do it at the moment as my camera battery died halfway through the night and the charger is back in Blighty. I foolishly thought that a full charge would last all week. I didn’t anticipate that I would be taking 50+ photos a day - every day!

Stay tuned for some action shots of the night.

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Assembly is finished. The show opens at 7pm.
I’m definitely ready for a beer.

It’s been quite a good build though. Everything came together really well - all the materials were there, ready and waiting for me as if it were planned!
Photos from the opening will be posted sometime after tomorrow night.

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More progress on Assembly in Vienna. It’s going outside too.

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After a couple of days foraging and building.

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I spent the morning having a good look around and taking a few photos.
Then I got down to the serious business of inspecting the container village that is to house the exhibition and trying to find some materials to build my work.
I had a chat with Andreas, the scaffolder, and it turns out there’s quite a but of scaffolding left over. So I’m going to use that!

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