Video: BP garden party hit by performance art protest

Liberate Tate performed a “Solemn” oil like spill at the Tate’s Summer party in a protest over BP’s sponsorship of the arts.

video by youandifilms

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 Summer party.

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.

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Info : http://www.artnotoil.org.uk/