LONDON, March 17 — The Danish collective Superflex has been chosen for this year’s Hyundai Commission, a series of annual site-specific commissions for the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.
Founded by artists Bjørnstjerne Christiansen, Jakob Fenger and Rasmus Nielsen, Superflex is known for subversive installations and films that speak to various social and cultural concerns — such as migration, alternative energy production and intellectual property — with an often humorous perspective.
The group’s works include “Superkilen”, a 2011 major public park project in Copenhagen that was developed with local residents from 50 countries using a strategy the artists call “extreme participation”.
For the 2014 installation “Hospital Equipment”, the group featured surgical equipment that was dispatched directly from gallery to conflict zone.
The vast industrial space of the Turbine Hall has hosted many acclaimed works of contemporary art since Tate Modern’s opening in 2000.
The Hyundai Commission was inaugurated in 2015 to feature a series of site-specific works by renowned international artists.
Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas was awarded the first commission; his “Empty Lot” consisted of 240 wooden planters filled with soil from London parks and gardens.
Last year, French avant-garde artist Philippe Parreno brought “Anywhen”, conceived as an automaton guiding the public through a changing play of moving elements, light and sound.
Superflex’s site-specific work will go on display in Turbine Hall on October 3, where it will remain through April 2, 2018. — AFP-Relaxnews
