Travelling Art Circus

During the summer of 2009 The House of Fairy Tales travelled to a dozen venues throughout the UK with its  ‘Travelling Art Circus’.

TRAVELLING ART CIRCUS AT TATE MODERN

An installation on the front lawn of Tate Modern during the Long Weekend annual festival. Over 100,000 members of the public passed  through this temporary environment of artists, designers, inventors and engineers. The theme for the festival was 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. In the spirit of Arte Povera our installation was a celebration of experimentation, art without restraint. We used natural and found materials to reflect the relationship between art and life. Like the historic event that inspired it, this event was extremely relevant in the current economic and political times.

The House of Fairy Tales Passport allows access to our magical world and to quest to become worthy citizens with one of the following characteristics:
Aerialist, Alchemist, Escapologist, Extremist, Fabulist, Futurist,  Illusionist,  Mixologist, Pragmatist, Strategist, Surrealist.

Our trusted band of souls could guide you through the tasks that await 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