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The Great Tate Mod Blog Gives Public a Say in New Gallery
11 Dec 2007
PRESS RELEASE
December 2007
Tate, with the help of BT, is inviting people around the world to photograph examples of their favourite interior spaces on their mobile phones and send the images to the Tate website with the launch of The Great Tate Mod Blog.
The images will form a photographic ‘mood board’ for the kinds of interiors spaces, ambience and design that the public would like to see in the new development of Tate Modern. Favourite spaces might include a café or bar, chill-out space, lounge, domestic interior or public space. Herzog de Meuron, the architects of the new development of Tate Modern, and Tate staff will also be contributing pictures of their own favourite interior spaces and source material.
The project will culminate in display at Tate Modern in summer 2008, showing the photographic ‘mood board’ and some of the best ideas and comments generated over the six-month period.
People can also send pictures directly from their computer or from Flickr to www.tate.org.uk. They can add a short text message to their pictures or search the ‘mood board’ for similar tagged images.
Tate will also initiate a conversation about these ideas in the form of a regularly updated blog. The blog will introduce a new subject for discussion each week and will pose questions for the public to respond to. It will also include interviews with interesting design practitioners and will canvas opinion from different groups including young people, artists and families about what they want of the new museum.
Anyone will be able to comment on the posts.
December 2007
Tate, with the help of BT, is inviting people around the world to photograph examples of their favourite interior spaces on their mobile phones and send the images to the Tate website with the launch of The Great Tate Mod Blog.
The images will form a photographic ‘mood board’ for the kinds of interiors spaces, ambience and design that the public would like to see in the new development of Tate Modern. Favourite spaces might include a café or bar, chill-out space, lounge, domestic interior or public space. Herzog de Meuron, the architects of the new development of Tate Modern, and Tate staff will also be contributing pictures of their own favourite interior spaces and source material.
The project will culminate in display at Tate Modern in summer 2008, showing the photographic ‘mood board’ and some of the best ideas and comments generated over the six-month period.
People can also send pictures directly from their computer or from Flickr to www.tate.org.uk. They can add a short text message to their pictures or search the ‘mood board’ for similar tagged images.
Tate will also initiate a conversation about these ideas in the form of a regularly updated blog. The blog will introduce a new subject for discussion each week and will pose questions for the public to respond to. It will also include interviews with interesting design practitioners and will canvas opinion from different groups including young people, artists and families about what they want of the new museum.
Anyone will be able to comment on the posts.
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Pentagram: 'Burma' Takes to the Streets
11 Dec 2007
PRESS RELEASE
December 2007
Harry Pearce’s Burma poster has been adopted as a placard by activists in the recent international street protests against the current situation in the country.
The poster, designed in 2006 for an event organised by the New York-based charity Witness to raise awareness about human rights violations in Burma, has been appearing in news footage of the protests held in cities from Bangkok to New York.
Witness was founded in 1992 by the Musician and activist Peter Gabriel and the Reebok Human Rights Foundation. It is an independent, nonprofit organisation that works with various partner organisations to use video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations.
Pearce is a passionate supporter of Witness’ work and sits on their advisory board. He has been providing design services to the organisation on a pro-bono basis for the past twelve years.
December 2007
Harry Pearce’s Burma poster has been adopted as a placard by activists in the recent international street protests against the current situation in the country.
The poster, designed in 2006 for an event organised by the New York-based charity Witness to raise awareness about human rights violations in Burma, has been appearing in news footage of the protests held in cities from Bangkok to New York.
Witness was founded in 1992 by the Musician and activist Peter Gabriel and the Reebok Human Rights Foundation. It is an independent, nonprofit organisation that works with various partner organisations to use video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations.
Pearce is a passionate supporter of Witness’ work and sits on their advisory board. He has been providing design services to the organisation on a pro-bono basis for the past twelve years.
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