I saw this at the time and wished I had been a part of it. I live in Germany where there is even less thought about where your energy comes from than in England. Thank you for taking this stand. When I move back I would love to become a part of what you do.
I'm not sure if they are doing this for their cause or for themselves. I think its too theatrical. It gave the drama more focus than what they are fighting for. Did you notice the slow motion. More of an entertainment than a protest, c'mon!
I just could not believe a tune i felt so passionate about a few months before this happened could lead to this level. I mean I felt this and it was so sad for my own reasons but it was for these reasons. So hard to explain. God you got this tune so right!!!! I'm so moved! This is so horrific=more than we can imagine! Bravo! Bravo!
This is a brilliant action, and a fantastic video to go with it. This protest in itself is art, and is important because companies like BP use sponsorship of the arts to legiimise themselves, and the worst thing is the people who are enjoying, consuming and benefiting from it all pretend to be some sort of enlightened liberals that 'care' about people and the planet. We need a lot more of this a lot more often.
This is not art. Nothing about it is art. It is some people pooring black stuff onto the floor pretensiously- bloody rediclous. I hate BP, but now I hate these twats too (unless they cleared up afer themselves) It's haenous littering and very badly orchistrated propaganda.
@jaironia It's not art because it is so highly politicised. It is attempting to tell us what to think and in doing so becomes didactic. It is little more than destructive instruction. It's propaganda.
@yossariancomplex Isn't that a harsh restriction on Art that is can't talk about politics? Can it talk about ethics? Does art teaching anything makes it "didactic" and not art? If so then inside the tate they should just hang wallpaper or call it a school.
An aside: The word propaganda by definition is not bad. It is about organizing to get an idea across to a lot of people - there is no brainwashing here.
@nervous2012 Propaganda can be good or bad, depending on whether it tells the truth. Aside from the political issue, I still don't consider it art. It strikes me as staid, self important and over dramatised which, far from accentuating the emotions caused by the recent spill or BP's Tate sponsorship, actually has the effect of divorcing the viewer from those emotions- all I could think was, why the music, why the costumes, why the procession? Why not just treat it as an ordinary protest?
So the theater of it wasn't your cup of tea? Hitting the right note with people in protest can be a hard one. This is about some activists wanting to do more then stand in a picket line and yell slogans (that can divorce viewers from emotions too). That people are bringing creativity to activism and trying to hit on other cognitive/emotion levels is the gem here - and that is why it is worth having an "out of the ordinary" protest.
@nervous2012 You missunderstand me, I'm not saying you can't be creative when protesting, in fact I think it is becoming more important to do so. But, when the creativity obscures the issue then the excercise becomes tainted, pretensious. This is far from a gem, it is grotesque egotism- an issue I think most protestors need to address. Having said that, I wouln't be so vehement about this if they didn't force some of the most downtrodden people in society to clean up their black tar egos.
You are so right, Karenio, and you have inspired me to... well, to what precisely? BP have never yet acted on any protest about their scumbag behaviour anywhere else in the world, what makes you think anything, including a shower of dweebs making a bit of a mess, will make them, or for that matter the Tate, sit up and listen now?
A pointless act, far from powerful - or, carboncryer, stunning, dignified or beautiful - that's caused no harm to BP, at all.
@pxyzyzygy nad @LordManley It's a symbolic act! That is what makes it so powerfull! Of course BP executives are not the ones going to clean this spill (or the one in the ocean, for that mather) but it makes a very strong point on how art and artist, and all parts of society should take a moral stand and reject any kind of money or sponsorship coming from companies such as BP.
Wonderfully executed. Congratulations to the group of artists who created it.
Yeah, I know, Alimantado92, in fact I'm sure they'll have burly rentacops more than ready to steam into anyone who'd try something as stupid as this, but my point is that doing it to a soft target like the Tate is like those idiots from the ALF who attacked the house of the woman who did the cleaning at the house of the head of Huntingdon Life Science. See the Licence to Spill page on youandifilms-DOT-com to see how the backlash is already starting.
@pxyzyzygy not all acion has to be 'hardcore', and against hard targets. There are at least 2 levels to this action. One of them is to do it directly in front of the guests, who are presumably rich and sometimes powerful patrons of the gallery that consider themselves some kind of enlightened elite, challenging their actions with a symbolic dose of reality, the other is to produce a video and other press that will be seen as somewhat artistic and interesting so it will spread.
This action coincided with Tate Britain's Summer Party, celebrating 20 years of BP sponsorship. Congratulations for such a stunning, dignified, beautiful action, brilliantly caught on film.
If you want to share your thoughts on this with Tate Britain boss Penelope Curtis, write to penelope -dot- curtis -at- tate -dot- org -dot- uk, and cc. to info -at- artnotoil -dot- org -dot- uk
Yes, point taken, BP are bad bad disgusting people who have filthed up an major amount of the world and it will take a long long time to make good. But taking it out on some minimum wage cleaners? At the Tate? Foundation course stuff. Do it direct, for God’s sake, take it to the BP HQ at St James.
BP only sponsor events and arts as a PR offensive to distract people from the generally unsavoury nature of their business not through altruism. Believe me they would much prefer to be putting the money in the bank so fair play to the protesters, it would be shame if BP could buy their way out this most recent (of quite a few) disaster.
I suspect that BP will be severely damaged by this action, whereas the low income cleaners will be uplifted and gratified that their dictatorial and oppressive employers have suffered this blow.
So let me get this absolutely clear; In protest that BP (who produce oil, which does have negative effects) use some of their profits to fund arts, some children threw molasses (a product which has had its own share of spills) at the pavement outside the Tate.
Whats with the fucking music, it would have been a lot less annoyingly pretensious without it. Also its rather more usefull to hear what people are saying at a protest rather than dramatising it. Media students?
People can like 'end oil sponsorship of the arts' on facebook for more info and news on this sort of thing
PlatformLondon 10 months ago
I saw this at the time and wished I had been a part of it. I live in Germany where there is even less thought about where your energy comes from than in England. Thank you for taking this stand. When I move back I would love to become a part of what you do.
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baccaratbargaineq 1 year ago
I think for an art establishment like the Tate theatrical protest is perfect
nd017 1 year ago
slow motion? come on
reflexi0n 1 year ago
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biofallout 1 year ago
bravo!
greenmoth11 1 year ago
I'm not sure if they are doing this for their cause or for themselves. I think its too theatrical. It gave the drama more focus than what they are fighting for. Did you notice the slow motion. More of an entertainment than a protest, c'mon!
JArmentia65 1 year ago
Although.. What were the detergents that would be used to clean up this "action" made from?......
(de'ils lawyer)
colmcgillveray 1 year ago
@colmcgillveray
W A T E R ! ! !
DrCerasus 1 year ago
Yes! Good job!!!!!
(Which song is? =O)
Koharu 1 year ago
@Koharu
Its from the OST from "Requiem for a dream" by Daniel Aranofsky, by Clint Mansell and thee Kronos quartet
Both movie and sountrack are heartily recomended
colmcgillveray 1 year ago
@colmcgillveray Thanx ;)
Koharu 1 year ago
YEEEESSSSSSS!!!
alasdeverdad 1 year ago
The beauty of this film and action is equal to the horror caused by oil companies worldwide
morganic88 1 year ago
Watch the full report on Liberate Tates Action "Licence to Spill - FULL REPORT"
youandifilms 1 year ago
I just could not believe a tune i felt so passionate about a few months before this happened could lead to this level. I mean I felt this and it was so sad for my own reasons but it was for these reasons. So hard to explain. God you got this tune so right!!!! I'm so moved! This is so horrific=more than we can imagine! Bravo! Bravo!
PROFILESophiaYates 1 year ago
This is a brilliant action, and a fantastic video to go with it. This protest in itself is art, and is important because companies like BP use sponsorship of the arts to legiimise themselves, and the worst thing is the people who are enjoying, consuming and benefiting from it all pretend to be some sort of enlightened liberals that 'care' about people and the planet. We need a lot more of this a lot more often.
ceritube 1 year ago
a necessary action, i would say after 70 days of free oil for all the world.
about the video, maybe, it would have been more powerful without this music.
redbitXs4Y 1 year ago
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redbitXs4Y 1 year ago
This is not art. Nothing about it is art. It is some people pooring black stuff onto the floor pretensiously- bloody rediclous. I hate BP, but now I hate these twats too (unless they cleared up afer themselves) It's haenous littering and very badly orchistrated propaganda.
yossariancomplex 1 year ago
@yossariancomplex Why is it not art? Tell me more than I am interested about what you undestand as ART and NOT ART.
jaironia 1 year ago
@jaironia It's not art because it is so highly politicised. It is attempting to tell us what to think and in doing so becomes didactic. It is little more than destructive instruction. It's propaganda.
yossariancomplex 1 year ago
@yossariancomplex Isn't that a harsh restriction on Art that is can't talk about politics? Can it talk about ethics? Does art teaching anything makes it "didactic" and not art? If so then inside the tate they should just hang wallpaper or call it a school.
An aside: The word propaganda by definition is not bad. It is about organizing to get an idea across to a lot of people - there is no brainwashing here.
nervous2012 1 year ago
@nervous2012 Propaganda can be good or bad, depending on whether it tells the truth. Aside from the political issue, I still don't consider it art. It strikes me as staid, self important and over dramatised which, far from accentuating the emotions caused by the recent spill or BP's Tate sponsorship, actually has the effect of divorcing the viewer from those emotions- all I could think was, why the music, why the costumes, why the procession? Why not just treat it as an ordinary protest?
yossariancomplex 1 year ago
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nervous2012 1 year ago
So the theater of it wasn't your cup of tea? Hitting the right note with people in protest can be a hard one. This is about some activists wanting to do more then stand in a picket line and yell slogans (that can divorce viewers from emotions too). That people are bringing creativity to activism and trying to hit on other cognitive/emotion levels is the gem here - and that is why it is worth having an "out of the ordinary" protest.
nervous2012 1 year ago
@nervous2012 You missunderstand me, I'm not saying you can't be creative when protesting, in fact I think it is becoming more important to do so. But, when the creativity obscures the issue then the excercise becomes tainted, pretensious. This is far from a gem, it is grotesque egotism- an issue I think most protestors need to address. Having said that, I wouln't be so vehement about this if they didn't force some of the most downtrodden people in society to clean up their black tar egos.
yossariancomplex 1 year ago
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nervous2012 1 year ago
Just like in real life, BP won't truely have to deal with the after effects of this spill either.
MoonieCiel 1 year ago
Also, Harry/carboncryer, if you go have a look at the artnotoil website, they're claiming that it wasn't molasses after all, but oil...
pxyzyzygy 1 year ago
You are so right, Karenio, and you have inspired me to... well, to what precisely? BP have never yet acted on any protest about their scumbag behaviour anywhere else in the world, what makes you think anything, including a shower of dweebs making a bit of a mess, will make them, or for that matter the Tate, sit up and listen now?
A pointless act, far from powerful - or, carboncryer, stunning, dignified or beautiful - that's caused no harm to BP, at all.
pxyzyzygy 1 year ago
@pxyzyzygy nad @LordManley It's a symbolic act! That is what makes it so powerfull! Of course BP executives are not the ones going to clean this spill (or the one in the ocean, for that mather) but it makes a very strong point on how art and artist, and all parts of society should take a moral stand and reject any kind of money or sponsorship coming from companies such as BP.
Wonderfully executed. Congratulations to the group of artists who created it.
KarenioArdilla 1 year ago 2
Yeah, I know, Alimantado92, in fact I'm sure they'll have burly rentacops more than ready to steam into anyone who'd try something as stupid as this, but my point is that doing it to a soft target like the Tate is like those idiots from the ALF who attacked the house of the woman who did the cleaning at the house of the head of Huntingdon Life Science. See the Licence to Spill page on youandifilms-DOT-com to see how the backlash is already starting.
pxyzyzygy 1 year ago
@pxyzyzygy not all acion has to be 'hardcore', and against hard targets. There are at least 2 levels to this action. One of them is to do it directly in front of the guests, who are presumably rich and sometimes powerful patrons of the gallery that consider themselves some kind of enlightened elite, challenging their actions with a symbolic dose of reality, the other is to produce a video and other press that will be seen as somewhat artistic and interesting so it will spread.
ceritube 1 year ago
This action coincided with Tate Britain's Summer Party, celebrating 20 years of BP sponsorship. Congratulations for such a stunning, dignified, beautiful action, brilliantly caught on film.
If you want to share your thoughts on this with Tate Britain boss Penelope Curtis, write to penelope -dot- curtis -at- tate -dot- org -dot- uk, and cc. to info -at- artnotoil -dot- org -dot- uk
For more, see artnotoil -dot- org -dot- uk
carbontowncryer 1 year ago
Yes, point taken, BP are bad bad disgusting people who have filthed up an major amount of the world and it will take a long long time to make good. But taking it out on some minimum wage cleaners? At the Tate? Foundation course stuff. Do it direct, for God’s sake, take it to the BP HQ at St James.
Bunch of wanky, brainless middle class twats.
pxyzyzygy 1 year ago
@pxyzyzygy good point but....are the millionaire executives at BP HQ going to get down on their knees and start scrubbing?
I think they have serfs of their own.
Alimantado91 1 year ago
BP only sponsor events and arts as a PR offensive to distract people from the generally unsavoury nature of their business not through altruism. Believe me they would much prefer to be putting the money in the bank so fair play to the protesters, it would be shame if BP could buy their way out this most recent (of quite a few) disaster.
globalsouljah 1 year ago
I suspect that BP will be severely damaged by this action, whereas the low income cleaners will be uplifted and gratified that their dictatorial and oppressive employers have suffered this blow.
LordManley 1 year ago
So let me get this absolutely clear; In protest that BP (who produce oil, which does have negative effects) use some of their profits to fund arts, some children threw molasses (a product which has had its own share of spills) at the pavement outside the Tate.
LordManley 1 year ago
@LordManley I think they were adults...
mxtthxw 1 year ago
Whats with the fucking music, it would have been a lot less annoyingly pretensious without it. Also its rather more usefull to hear what people are saying at a protest rather than dramatising it. Media students?
yossariancomplex 1 year ago
Hey, this is great! Love the music, every time I hear it I think of Sky TV. I love sky TV, so thanks for making people think of it.
bluelines1988 1 year ago
Sweet film!.... (sweet like 100 litres of treacle) lol great quote too.. (Licence has 2 c's in it i fingxk...)
morganic88 1 year ago