Tate Modern Festival “Do It Yourself”. Surrealist Saturday, a spectacular promenade-style puppet parade, erma Never Dies, designed by the Surrealist painter Joan Miro will be reinvented for Tate, 25 years after it was first shown. Puppets of Miro’s original design will feature, which range from 7ft giants with heads of monsters to small creatures that whisper and squeal, set to music.
Hans Richter’s magnificent film Dreams that Money Can Buy (1946) in the evening,features some of the greatest names in the Dadaist/Surrealist movement. The Real Tuesday Weld, aka acclaimed British singer-songwriter Stephen Coates has composed a score in response to the film which he will perform as a live accompaniment. At 4pm you may catch Michaelangelo Pistoletto artepovera artist performing live.
