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Win a place at Tate Modern event Experiences of the Dark: Who you are

We have a special NAN ticket (worth £10) for Who You Are, a Tate event in their Experiences of the Dark series for artists wishing to write a review for NAN. The event takes place in the Turbine Hall on Monday 15 March 2010 18.30–19.30

Stage performers are always in the dark about their audiences, and vice versa. In a half-hour encounter, Chris Goode explores the ways in which we use others, real and imagined, to orient ourselves.

If you would like to attend this event and review it for NAN please email emilia.telese@a-n.co.uk with a few words about your interest in this event by Saturday 13 March.

Further Information

We often fear and relish the dark in equal measures for all the unknown it can conceal. As children, we are introduced to darkness with fairy tales, and we enjoy them because they allow us to experience the thrill of the unknown and the shadows without any real exposure to danger. We associate the absence of light both with sleep and more sinister connotations.

The dark, by limiting visual clues that we usually rely on in order to make sense of the world, leaves us open to all possibilities, from the fantastic to the terrifying. How It Is invites us to embrace these potential experiences by plunging into darkness in the company of other visitors. Strangers and friends, emptiness and obstacles, time and space blur into new categories.

Experiences of the Dark is a series of short talks, performances and workshops taking place in and around Miroslaw Balka's How It Is in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. They outline and generate different experiences of the dark that aim to expand our understanding and our appreciation of it.

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/musicperform/21073.htm

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/talksdiscussions/experienceso...

First published: a-n.co.uk March 2010