[] Altermodern , Tate Britain

New age of the 'ism' in Altermodern

Ben Lewis, Evening Standard 06.02.09

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/show-23592557-details/Altermodern:+Tate+Triennial+2009/showReview.do?reviewId=23636018

FIVE BEST IN SHOW
Lindsay Seers: Extramission 6 (2008) Clever semi-fictionalised documentary about a woman who turns into a camera, then a projector.
Peter Coffin: Untitled (2009) Animations projected onto works from the Tate collection — magical, especially the projection onto Thornycroft’s Teucer.
Loris Gréaud: Tremors Were Forever (2008) Mesmerising minimalist sci-fi — like a set from 2001 A Space Odyssey.
Charles Avery: The Islanders (2008-9) Hugely talented London-based artist who is elaborating his own allegorical fantasy world — just don’t mention Lord of the Rings.
Franz Ackermann: Gateway – Getaway (2008) His best work in years: a synthesis of modern cities, geographies, designs, architectures and logos, like no other.

FIVE WORST IN SHOW
Ruth Ewan: Squeezebox Jukebox (2009) Each day at 2pm, two musicians play political protest songs on it. There is a difference, I regret to inform you, between social history and art.
Subodh Gupta: Line of Control (2008) A mushroom cloud made of pots and pans about Indian nuclear power. Whatever will he do next? A replica of the Eiffel Tower?
Shezad Dawood: Feature (2008) Matthew Barney-esque long film which taps into too many film clichés.

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Marcus Coates: The Plover’s Wing (2008) Coates takes his animal experiments to the Middle East.
Olivia Plender: Machine Shall Be the Slave of Man, But We Will Not Slave for the Machine (2008) Political correctness with a degree of naivety that you only find today in the art world.

Altermodern review: 'The richest and most generous Tate Triennial yet'

Adrian Searle 03.02.2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/feb/02/altermodern-tate-triennial