TH.2058 by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, imagines Tate Modern 50 years into the future, set in a London afflicted by perpetual rain. Tate Modern is being used as a shelter for people, a storage space for art works and for the remains of culture. The vast Turbine Hall is filled with monumental replicas of iconic sculptural works. Rows of bunk beds are scattered with books, and on a giant screen The Last Film is continuously running. Made up of short excerpts from science-fiction films, The Last Film suggests a potential state of catastrophe as well as the possibility of collective memory.
Tate Modern
Exhibition
The Unilever Series: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: TH.2058
Tate Modern
Dates
14 October 2008 – 13 April 2009
Sponsored by
The Unilever Series: an annual art commission
The Unilever Series: an annual art commission