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| Tate Modern unveils artworks tackling migration and sexual brutality | Tate Modern unveils artworks tackling migration and sexual brutality |
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| Tate Modern has unveiled two immersive and highly political artworks about forced migration and sexual brutality in its subterranean Tanks space. | Tate Modern has unveiled two immersive and highly political artworks about forced migration and sexual brutality in its subterranean Tanks space. |
| The large installations by the Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh and India’s Amar Kanwar were opened to the public on Monday and both will enter Tate’s collection. | The large installations by the Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh and India’s Amar Kanwar were opened to the public on Monday and both will enter Tate’s collection. |
| In the East Tank is a multichannel sound installation by Ogboh called The Way Earthly Things Are Going, a title taken from the Bob Marley song So Much Trouble in the World. | In the East Tank is a multichannel sound installation by Ogboh called The Way Earthly Things Are Going, a title taken from the Bob Marley song So Much Trouble in the World. |
| It features live-streamed stock exchange data slowly scrolling around 25 metres of the space like a giant LED ticker tape. At the same time visitors hear a haunting ancient Greek lament recorded specifically for the piece. | It features live-streamed stock exchange data slowly scrolling around 25 metres of the space like a giant LED ticker tape. At the same time visitors hear a haunting ancient Greek lament recorded specifically for the piece. |
| Ogboh said the biggest problem in Greece was the financial crisis, which was forcing people to migrate in search of a better life. | Ogboh said the biggest problem in Greece was the financial crisis, which was forcing people to migrate in search of a better life. |
| The work is staged in a dark room. “It’s gloomy, it’s the state of things,” he said. | The work is staged in a dark room. “It’s gloomy, it’s the state of things,” he said. |
| It was first seen at this year’s Documenta 14 art exhibition in Athens. Gregor Muir, Tate’s director of collection, international art, said it was a powerful work and one of the best things he had seen there. | It was first seen at this year’s Documenta 14 art exhibition in Athens. Gregor Muir, Tate’s director of collection, international art, said it was a powerful work and one of the best things he had seen there. |
| He said the work asked questions about what it is to be human in today’s world and had a “particular poignancy, power and relevance”. | |
| Ogboh said he was pleased the work was finding a home at Tate Modern. “For an artist, that’s big. You also want your art shown properly and Tate can do that,” he said. | |
| The other work going on display, by Kanwar, is titled The Lightning Testimonies. It dates from 2007 and consists of eight screens with documentary-style film that explores the challenging subject of sexual brutality in times of conflict. | The other work going on display, by Kanwar, is titled The Lightning Testimonies. It dates from 2007 and consists of eight screens with documentary-style film that explores the challenging subject of sexual brutality in times of conflict. |
| Tate said the work was being purchased with funds provided by its South Asia acquisitions committee. |