Dimensions: image: 680 x 508 mm
Copyright: © Tate | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This photograph is titled *Bankside: Cherrypicker* by Catherine Yass. I’m immediately struck by the eerie, inverted colours of the industrial space. How do you interpret this work? Curator: The photograph subverts our expectations of a power station-turned-art space, doesn’t it? Yass encourages us to consider the historical and social implications of repurposing sites of industry. This evokes discussions about gentrification, class, and access to art spaces. What kind of power dynamics are at play here? Editor: That’s a powerful way to frame it. I was only considering the visual strangeness. Curator: Exactly! This piece highlights the ways that art institutions can be both transformative and implicated in larger socio-political shifts. Editor: I will definitely remember that.
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This is one in a portfolio of ten photographs commissioned by Tate Publishing to celebrate the opening of Tate Modern in May 2000. Ten contemporary artists working with photography were invited to make an image inspired by the Bankside building and its surroundings. The resulting pictures chart different aspects of the site’s development from power station to museum of modern art under the direction of Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron. With the exception of Craigie Horsfield, all the contributors photographed in colour.
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