Curated by Luke Pendrell, Adrian Shaw & Dr. Tia Trafford
“Join an ongoing discussion lead by theorist Dr. Tia Trafford and artist Luke Pendrell, exploring the theoretical movement Speculative Realism and its impact upon contemporary art practice.”
Speculative Tate, was a ten month residency at Tate Britain, developed by Pendrell and Trafford with Adrian Shaw at Tate Britain to rethink art and design in the context of speculative politics and philosophy. Working withOutreach group Tate Collective, three themed Late events were held between March and June in 2016, featuring events and interventions designed to encourage and engage new audiences with the gallery. The Lates used the gallery spaces to apply the theories and approaches explored in the Speculatirve tate discussions, experimentally employing a reconfigured aesthetics inseparable from its sociotechnical conditions. Moving image and sound disrupt and violate the galleries, the gallery visitors subjected to simultaneous collages of sound, images and text designed to produce a sensation of technological vertigo, Shifting our perception and in doing so seeking to make visible the normally transparent and invisible.
Late at Tate DISRUPT
SONIC DISRUPTIONS Screening, Tate Britain London – 1 MAY 2015
A screening of artist’s short films by Amanda Beech, Luke Pendrell, Keith Tilford and Benedict Singleton and Dir. Brian Rogers.
With contributions from:
Lendl Barcelos, Amanda Beech, Ray Brassier, Mark Fisher, Steve Goodman, Eleni Iconiadou, Amy Ireland, Robin Mackay, eza Negarestani, Lucia Parrisi, Luke Pendrell, Benedict Singleton Nick Srnicek Tia Trafford, Alex Williams and Pete Woldfendale
Each Late at Tate event was attended by approx. 2400 visitors.