{"id":110,"date":"2009-06-06T20:22:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T20:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=110"},"modified":"2013-10-30T16:18:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T16:18:02","slug":"tate-modern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/06\/tate-modern\/","title":{"rendered":"Tate Modern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Went to the Tate Modern with friends today. I have to say that I really hate what they&#8217;ve done to Gilbert Scott&#8217;s old <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bankside_Power_Station\">Bankside Power Station<\/a> building. They&#8217;ve totally ruined the proportions by sticking what looks like a line of port-a-cabins on the roof. And the way the galleries are curated is just bizarre. But as we were on our way out there was a mass invasion of the turbine hall by people dressed as pirates from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Captain_Pugwash\">Captain Pugwash<\/a> who proceeded to lie on the floor making the shape of the <em>Black Pig<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129\" title=\"Thames Panorama\" alt=\"Thames Panorama\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Image0057.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also looked at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/modern\/exhibitions\/bodyspacemotionthings\/\">Robert Morris: Bodyspacemotionthings<\/a> interactive installation which was great fun &#8211; much less po-faced than all that art-with-a-capital-A.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 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href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0066.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0066-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\r\n\t\t\t\tAlex on the steep ramp\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0068.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0068-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\r\n\t\t\t\tWoman on the narrowing ledge\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0071.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0071-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\r\n\t\t\t\tWoman on the narrowing ledge\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0076.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0076-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\r\n\t\t\t\tWoman on the steep ramp\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0077.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0077-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\r\n\t\t\t\tWomen on the steep ramp\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0079.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0079-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\r\n\t\t\t\tWoman on the tightrope\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0085.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0085-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\r\n\t\t\t\tAlex at the end of the narrowing ledge\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0086.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0086-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\r\n\t\t\t\tWoman on the tightrope\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0089.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0089-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\r\n\t\t\t\tWoman falling off the tightrope\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0093.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/image0093-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\r\n\t\t\t\tBodyspacemotionthings\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\r\n\t\t\t<div style='clear: both; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; height: 0;'><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>While we were having coffee I took some photos from the balcony which I stitched into a panorama &#8211; not bad considering the photos were taken on my camera phone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royreed\/3600776345\/sizes\/l\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129\" title=\"Thames Panorama - links to a full-size version on Flickr\" alt=\"Thames Panorama\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ThamesPan.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Went to the Tate Modern with friends today. 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