Looking back on the FLASH event

The FLASH event that was advertised on this blog a few days ago was actually some sort of terrorist attack on the Tate institution. A young artist decided to invest the turbine hall's gallery space to "flash" ie exhibit herself to the various visitors of the Tate on an unusually quiet saturday afternoon. Wearing solely a red plastic coat and matching red boots, she stood assured in the middle of the turbine hall, facing the stairs, and opened the coat to the full extent of her arms. Her naked body was covered by an armour made of 21 10x15cm photographs attached together and picturing a real size naked body. She stood like this for 6 long minutes while accomplices where photographing and filming the performance.
This was actually part of an art school module on how to use or invest gallery spaces. This taking over of a major art institution was a very unusual way of going about things. Well done! Come on tutors, give her a good mark...


back view of the artist in the turbine hall


side view