The Turbine Hall in the London’s Tate Modern is currently occupied by these bizarre floating machines, based on ocean life forms.
The interactive installation – called In Love With The World and created by Anicka Yi, looks to explore the merging of technology and biology.
The Tate website says:
Artist Anicka Yi offers a vision of a new ecosystem within the Turbine Hall, the large post-industrial space at the heart of Tate Modern.
Originally part of Bankside Power Station, the hall was built to house electricity-generating machinery. Yi’s installation populates the space with machines once again.
Floating in the air, her machines – called aerobes – are based on ocean life forms and mushrooms.
They re-imagine artificial intelligence, and encourage us to think about new ways machines might inhabit the world. Yi has also created unique scentscapes which change weekly, with odours linked to a specific time in the history of Bankside.
Yi is known for her experimental work which explores the merging of technology and biology.
Through breaking down distinctions between plants, animals, micro-organisms and machines, she asks us to think about further understanding ourselves as humans and the ecosystems we live i
The work can be seen until the 16th Jan 2022. Admission is free but tickets must be booked in advance (scroll to the bottom for more details).
Exhibition details
In Love With The World by Anicka Yi
Turbine hall
Tate Modern
Bankside, London SE1 9TG
Runs until 16 January 2022
- Timed tickets must be booked before visiting
- All visitors including Members need to book a ticket
Opening times:
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
