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Tate Summer Party Crashed with Oil Spill - Licence to Spill

Felix Gonzales | 29.06.2010 11:55 | Climate Chaos | Culture | Ecology

On the evening of the 28th of June at approx 7:15pm, Liberate Tate In protest over BP’s sponsorship of the arts performed a “Solemn” oil like spill at the Tate’s Summer party.

Performers Carry Oil Drums
Performers Carry Oil Drums

Slow Paced they approach the artists entrance
Slow Paced they approach the artists entrance

They empty their black cargo onto the Portland floor
They empty their black cargo onto the Portland floor

The floor is slowly consumed by the Oil like mess
The floor is slowly consumed by the Oil like mess

Feather are added and take to the air
Feather are added and take to the air

Oil Spews across the entrance
Oil Spews across the entrance

Spent Barrells scatter the floor
Spent Barrells scatter the floor

The Performers leave gracefully
The Performers leave gracefully

The Entrance is closed off
The Entrance is closed off

The Spill
The Spill


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Dressed in black and veiled the performers carrying black buckets with BP logos spewed molasses over the entrance way as onlookers watched in amazement as the Portland stone floor was consumed by the black oil like mess.

Feathers were scattered and filled the air and in the same manner of approach the artists gracefully paced their escape.

Licence to Spill

“Apart from catastrophic spills like the Deepwater Horizon, there are a whole host of adverse impacts that are associated with the production of oil. On the local level, it often involves extreme forms of pollution for local communities, while regionally oil is frequently associated with greater militarization and conflict. Globally, carbon emissions, oil companies, and our collective dependence on the product they push, are taking us ever closer to the edge of climate catastrophe. ”

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Info :  http://www.artnotoil.org.uk/

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Felix Gonzales
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  1. fucking ace — p
  2. a little bit o'background — Harry Helios
  3. Respect — Faulty