The Caravan of Fairy Tales

During the summer of 2009 The House of Fairy Tales will be travelling to a dozen venues throughout the UK in a touring show called ‘The Caravan of Fairy Tales’. Our first stop is :

THE CARAVAN OF FAIRY TALES AT THE TATE MODERN

An installation on the front lawn of the Tate Modern during the Long Weekend of the Tate Modern’s annual festival. Over 100,000 members of the public will pass through this temporary environment of artists, designers, inventors and sengineers. The theme this year for the festival is Arte Povera a term coined by the Italian critic and curator Germano Celant in 1967. It was at a time of great economic and political instability and this art movment was seen as a reaction against the dominance of Pop Art, mass consumerism and capitalism. So in the spirit of Arte Povera our installation will be a celebration of experimentation. Art without restraint. We will be using natural as well as found materials reflecting the relationship between art and life. Like the historic event that inspired it, this event is extremely relevant in our current economic and political time.

Come and pick up your passport to our magical world and join us in our quest to become worthy citizens.
Do you have any of the following characteristics:
Pragmatist, Strategist, Mixologist, Fabulist, Escapologist, Extremist, Illusionist, Alchemist, Aerialist, Futurist, Surrealist?
You have no idea? Our trusted band of souls can guide you through the tasks that await you in your journey of discovery through these 24 venues:

1. Music Shed
2. Stage
3. May Pole
4. Apothecary & Permaculture
5. Candlelit Matinee
6. Pegasus & the Little Theatre of Dolls
7. Museum of British Folklore
8. Town Cryer
9. Mobile Garden
10. The Drawing Room
11. Grandmother’s Bed
12. The Dressing Room
13. Clay Time
14. First Class Retro Future
15. Heath Robinson Studio
16. Okido Space Capsule
17. Chess Laboratoy
18. Doll Factory
19. Gingerbread House
20. Virtual Reality (BFI)
21. Handmade Cinema
22. Plato’s Cave
23. Yoke & Zoom
24. Judo Académie de Paris

For a full list of all our talented subjects click here to view a pdf of all the contributors.

Participants