Robert Morris interactive installation at Tate Modern

[Shinigale]

im going to see this in a couple a days because im in a an art course. i love the creative part of art, but i earlier to this course i was in a cience one, and soo im not used to these vague and not... you know real notion! In art, a inst always b, or c, or d... a is simply what you want it to be, and its not that i dont love this, but i feel like i dont know the huge hole im in XD i feel like im in the ocean and i barely know what water is XD is this feeling normal? :P

[Audiofreund2]

we call it "playground"

[schizophrenic123]

* cough * emperor`s new clothes *cough* *cough*

The reason so much money is paid for this `art` is because new money wants to show off its peacock feathers.

Not even very good feathers.

Modern art definition : all the aesthetic crudeness of stone age craftwork, without the utility.

[chandru1103]

@schizophrenic123 Art has been a commodity for thousands of years. Thats how we respond to work in the Western world. We give high value to visionaries, and quickly forget those that lag and trail. If you have a problem with this...change it. Either way, demeaning other people's work in a Youtube comment box is not doing anything but proving you are art ignorant.

[luxmovingimage]

The exhibition looks amazing! Wish I could have seen it. For more of Morris's work visit the LUX Collection.

[luxmovingimage]

Visit the LUX Collection for Morris's work.

[donttouchmethere]

so building an assault course is now art...  wow... the idiocy of people amazes me.

[boywithshades]

brilliance. i just died

[Kensingtonlondon]

I went to the tate and put up a picture i drew in a few minutes there. I went there three weeks ago it was still there. Yes I am that good at drawing art. I have made videos my art is incredible. I did modify a few other pics. But it is still impressive.

[RubyL929]

Go on 0:17 Thats the slide i ment! its sooo cool!

[RubyL929]

i went there on Sunday , and i got stuck un the girls toilett! so funny! Um , GO THERE! Its sooo fun , ( GO ON THE SLIDE ) you bang against a hard wall at the end of it!

[harrynicholas]

Aren't art galleries confusing. My son was once told off for kicking these huge slate stones at the Tate, but here we have people scrambling about on the art. Make yer bleeding mind up.

[sonicx666]

Probably because this exhibition is meant to be climbed on, its interactive!

Your son probably kicked something which is worth allot of money and could have fallen over and broken!

[keflar5]

once upon a time execution was as important as the idea

[verygoodplusetc]

Yes, I agree, but would add - isn't it still?

Some ( prominent ) work may favour the conceptual aspect, but I don't believe that means execution is robbed of it's importance.

A good concept needs to be executed well to cut it.

Specific to this piece, I would say it actually is well executed, although the rough aesthetic may suggest otherwise in a webclip.

It is ( in it's original version ) also nearly 40 years old, so, I would venture, does itself come from a time of 'once upon a time' !

[staplerjm]

haha its like an adult playground^^

[perpato]

noop!!

It´s a beautiful story of love and humankind.

(fulltime GA at RM exh)

[staplerjm]

whats GA and RM stand for?:P

[hippotoast]

Fucking Morris.

[pwnoftheages]

Questionable art, looks fun though

Somehow i feel this would be better at the science museum. Meh. :)

[GoInAllWays]

That was a fun day out! I went yesterday and it was VERY fun!

[Frankoshie]

If you want to really think about space, think about the lack of it that a single parent in a bed-sit has. Art has stopped having any significance unless it is used to challenge the pain and injustice in the world or to celebrate mans triumphs over real challenges. The question is not ' Is this Art?' That question lost its meaning a long time a go- The question is 'Is it relevant?'

[verygoodplusetc]

Sure, good points - which lead into an interesting area. However, returning to my original observation, when a video like this gets featured it shows that the 'Is this Art?' issue is, wierdly, still significant, to some observers at least. In my opinion this is surprising, but the knee-jerk comments are there to see and it is evident that many people are still locked in a closed minded position on this most basic issue. I feel that deserves to be explained and examined before we go further.

[WhipItIntoShape]

That looks like a fun day out!

[verygoodplusetc]

Seems strange to me that it is nearly 40 years on from when this was first shown and some people still caught up in the "this is not art" thing . . .

If you think it's bad art, fair enough - no-one says you have to like it - but saying it's not art seems ridiculous!

To me that's equivalent to saying Jimi Hendrix isn't music because it was a new approach ( 40 years on ! )

[sijeffries]

whilst i agree. i just went to the tate festival and it felt so uninspiring. whilst your right that art is still art whether its 40 years old or whatever. i think what i found annoying about the tate was the large posters saying "futurism" with font in 70's bubble writing and a background style similar to Eric carles illustrations in "The very hungry caterpillar" 1969.

[verygoodplusetc]

Good points, but different. I wasn't thinking people thought it "wasn't art" because it was old, rather that it's strange how some people haven't moved on from a "this isn't art" position by now.

I agree parkor is interesting, and of course contemporary. That is probably more easily accepted because of a pleasing and easily understood demonstration of skill.

This is a piece from 1971 that considers the gallery space in a way that I feel was challenging then, but should be (?) historical now.

[MarkPMcGrath]

Some mildly amusing and fun aspects to this 'interactive installation' but IT IS NOT ART.

[sijeffries]

i liked the interactivity of this piece and i would strongly disagree with the person who says it isnt art because it is encouraging movement of the body and focus on how we move, is choreography not a form of art?

[sijeffries]

but at the same time think its just like putting a skate park or climbing frame in a gallery which is a bit of a weak idea. its not really encouraging people to think bout space as much as i thought it would. take parkor for example. what he has done is build a mini parkor park

[WhipItIntoShape]

What is then? Enlighten us...

[rossco1111]

Its a childs play-park thats been badly finished! If this is art then so was my climbing frame when I was a kid.

I'm all for being different and pushing boundaries- but when an artist produces something that could be created over a weekend, after a few visits to B&Q then I have to draw the line.

[verygoodplusetc]

>If this is art then so was my climbing frame when I was a kid.

I disagree, and here's why : It is about context and intention - what we do with something, why and where, defines what it is.

To give a rather flippant, but hopefully illuminating, example - if someone gets killed with a knife I can't then say "I must be a murderer because I've got one of those in my kitchen" - presuming my knife is just used for chopping veg.

The context transforms the kitchen tool into the murder weapon.

[verygoodplusetc]

So the climbing frame that is built as a climbing frame remains just a climbing frame.

The climbing frame that is built as part of an art installation remains just part of an art installation.

[GoldVisionFilms]

But everyone is an artist. ..depends on how people define art. I haven't got a definition myself yet.

[WhipItIntoShape]

I agree with "verygoodplusetc" to an extent, but who's to say your climbing frame couldn't be considered a work of art, if conceptualised in a different way. Furthermore, perhaps the piece could be made over a weekend but its concept and design took far longer you can bet, and plenty of artist but materials at b&q, so that remark is redundant. It sells a lot of useful shit.

[duffdeluxe]

well bent

[metalgearliquidsnake]

cool

[listerineisgreen1]

i was there on friday, i thought it was crap

Olafur Eliasson indoor sun was the best Turbine Hall piece ever

[WendyEliaArt]

great stuff

[Floorhugger24]

:(. I'd love to see it, but I'm ip north and have exams. I wish it was in Manchester, or Liverpool.

[nuttyweirdo28]

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[BlackCreedAssassin]

if you are dead, how do you post this? moreover, if you are just someone following these instructions cant you see how this is nonsense?

[ultradienomite]

A message from the grave !

Stop talking shite etc

Please follow these instructions .

[ISPAYLNANTO]

>>>>>>>>

[Sozzles]

That looks like a lot of fun

[rimind1]

great video thanks for sharing!!

[iLUVpissingPEOPLEoff]

después está adyacente pissfláps?

[bringmemybow]

enjoyed it! I like interactive art.

[PINKxxFLOYD]

I wonder how much time and money it took to think up A LARGE CHILDS PLAY AREA wow what will these forward thinking designers come up with next

[moogle107]

well its a form of art. I think its great!

[Luuke99]

it wud be funny whilst drunk

[verygoodplusetc]

>i was there on friday, i thought i was crap.

Really? I didn't think you were that bad, mate!

[MisVit]

too many damn kids

[svkartisbest]

I hope R Morris foundation has got disclaimer forms in place. One might twist an ankle.....golly!

[robynoo]

ohh I went there yesterday!

[hoofuk]

you can tate my ass.

[Rhoddersproductions]

This looks terrible! it is like a half finished play area. It would be better if the sections joined like a " jungle Gym"

[dunisback]

What do they feed the users, hampster food?

[bookwormmaddy]

Sweet, I like it, its very......peaceful

[abermants]

Cooler if it wouldn't be so busy.

[verygoodplusetc]

When I was there the number of people all interacting with each other really made it for me.

[JayPressure]

what you up too Sean , got any baggies on the go!

[JayPressure]

sean you pervet nonce

[JayPressure]

gigadi gigadi

[ephraim0000]

Fake Modern

[hathome]

they have play parks like this all over this is shite to be called art!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and!

[Valelacerte]

Wow, it's like a playground, only really really expensive. I wonder if he's going to do some really really expensive garden tools too.

[architectdan33]

Very cool installation

[fraser931]

i am going to suggest my new exhibit at Tate Modern, what i've got is a Mobile Phone and put an Apple next to it, i've titled it 'Modern Living' - do you want to buy it for £24 Million?

I really do hate Tate Moderns' art.

[dezmika]

i remember going to tate museum long ago, what a joke it was indeed.

[marcelcowling]

ecstatic even ,,, but while im here i got all the way across the balance wire so......

[marcelcowling]

yes , agree with all, but it could have been of real artistic merit if the actual experiences themselves were worth while... sadly i could get more thrills from my local park ,,,, holler=extatic... morris=boring

[ipokedeadsquirrels]

this isn't art, it's an assault course.

[dontthinksosomehow]

What a pile of shit disguised as art, give me strength, built stuff like that, nobody called that art, thank fuck.

[waqa16nov]

chiken and pizza powder

[chrisdarkmunky]

Great , a hamster cage for humans.

If this is art then i think i need to quit my job and get the tools out.

[sydneythekidney1]

WTF

[emphaticapathy]

1 load gun

2 put in mouth

3 end your pointless life.

[rawrXgirl]

You weren't allowed to touch the rope, only push the ball around

[ED0JD0DW]

That looks really cool =D

[listerineisgreen1]

i was there yesterday and i thought it was stupid.

[robsterboy123]

did it work?

[neilss1]

Should have been called

"Assualt course"

Im sorry Iv been to the tate and modern and conceptional art is a waste of time

[tomking91]

It's fun though I would rather do this than spend hours looking at paintings.

[stabblerblog]

total agreeance

[mafiasnowman]

I'm so there!

[tartancraig]

are you up for a game of planetside

[ytramp]

There's a really big art installation similar to this, I think its called Alton Towers or something, apparently its funner

[supersophiexx]

Except, funner, is not a word...

its funnier :)

[Neaop]

i remember i was at the tate once and the exibit was loads of slides all over the place

really cool

[elliewashere]

yeah i remember that. i went on it :)

it was great fun

i love the tate:)

[b4mv07]

i was sum thing about this on bbc1 news Lol

[paraulataviajera]

Very interesting video and so fun , I like it!!

[jamiehasnomercy]

i want to see more of this in a video.

[nickeatstheworld]

oh oh oh. i want to play.

[tagzee]

cool fun art

[iconsofthenorth]

What fun!