Alison Knowles will perform her iconic work Make a Salad (1962), on a grand scale, choreographed in response to the architecture of the Turbine Hall. This Fluxus event score simply instructs 'Make a Salad', and on this occasion a giant salad will be created from lettuce, tomato, carrot and cucumber, dressed with olive oil, herbs and balsamic vinegar, and served to an audience of 300 people.
The performance begins with a Mozart concerto, followed by the sounds of chopping and the spectacle of the salad being thrown from the bridge, dressed and tossed. The audience are invited to participate in the performance by eating the salad created, whilst listening to Mozart performed, signalling the end of the piece.
Make a Salad has previously been staged at the Baltimore Museum of Art at the opening of the "Work Ethics" and more recently at the Wexner Museum, Colombus, Ohio, in October 2004.
Alison Knowles was born in New York City in 1933 and was a key protagonist in early Fluxus activities in the 1960s. Her performance works and Fluxus scores, such as Make a Salad, Shoreline and Newspaper Music explore notions of collective activity, using elements from everyday experiences.
Part of UBS Openings: The Long Weekend 2008
13.00-17.00
Free, No Booking.
The Turbine Hall
TATE MODERN
Bankside
London SE1 9TG
How to get there:
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Underground
Southwark (Jubilee Line) and Blackfriars (District and Circle Lines) are the closest underground stations both of which are approximately ten minutes walk away.
Buses
A number of buses service the area, including:
RV1 / Runs between the Tower of London, Tate Modern and Covent Garden.
45 / Streatham Hill to King's Cross via Holborn Circus stopping on Blackfriars Bridge Road.
63 / Crystal Palace to King's Cross via Farringdon Road stopping on Blackfriars Bridge Road.
100 / Elephant and castle to Shadwell stopping on Blackfriars Bridge Road.
381 / Peckham to Waterloo stopping on Southwark Street.
344 / Clapham Junction to Liverpool Street Station stopping on Southwark Bridge Road.
Boat
The Tate Boat runs every forty minutes along the Thames between Tate Britain, the London Eye and Tate Modern.
There is also a ferry service from Embankment or Festival Pier to Bankside.
Train
Thameslink between Bedford and Brighton stop at Blackfriars and London Bridge stations. London Bridge also carries a service to South East London and Kent.
Car
Public transport is the easiest way of reaching the gallery as parking at Tate Modern is severely restricted in the surrounding streets.
Bike
There is a bicycle shelter at the Main Entrance. See Transport for London's Cycling Page.
On Foot
Tate Modern is located on the south bank of the River Thames at Bankside, near Blackfriars Bridge, opposite St Paul's Cathedral and next to the Globe Theatre.
The Millennium Bridge now provides a new pedestrian route across to and from St Paul's Cathedral and the city and St Paul's London Underground station including Central line services. Approximate walking time from St Paul's Cathedral is about 10 minutes.
