robinschroder Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 I've always been a big fan of the Tate Modern gallery here in London, especially the massive installations in the large turbine hall (it's a converted power station). We've had towers that you could climb up as well as a giant spider by Louise Bourgeois, Juan Muñoz created a new floor level as well as some (non-rideable) elavators, Anish Kapoor installed a giant stretched rubber sculpture resembling some sort of mad trumpet that filled the entire hall, Olafur Eliasson brought the sun indoors - well a fake sun at least - with his weather project, Bruce Nauman filled the hall with noise in a series of sound sculptures and Rachel Whiteread stacked up a whole lot of boxes! And now... coming soon: Slides courtesy of Carsten Höller! They look like a lot of fun! Check out: Tate Modern and Kultureflash for more! Tate Modern really is turning into an art theme park! Robin Slides under construction - as found on the Kultureflash site linked to above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Looks pretty damn cool! Personally i hate the tate (*rhymes*) but i wouldn't mind going to that. It's not really art though so thats probably why i don't mind it so much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 That seems pretty cool; I always wondered what it'd be like to zoom around in all that space because its just so massive and empty in there. I can't be the only person who wanted to climb inside the Anish Kapoor sculpture (ok, maybe I am). I bet this one will be limited to kids only though but it'll be great to go and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgwfreak Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 I want my employer to build slides out of my 40 story office tower. Now THAT would be an awesome way to leave work on Friday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesissoocool Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 if disney owned that i could see it being turned into a SM or a Rock n roll RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas2 Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 So basically this is a museum with slides? A museum that's actually fun!?! Wow kids are so going to be confused with this place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 They look like those slides of death at all those European Parks. Are they actually fun? I reckon I'd get stuck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUSHIE Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 if disney owned that i could see it being turned into a SM or a Rock n roll RC ...ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinschroder Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 Wow! New construction pictures are available at: Kultureflash page 1 and Kultureflash page 2 ! They open tomorrow (Tuesday) and you can be sure of a photo TR from me as soon as I can get over there! Robin New picture from the Kultureflash site linked to above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorisTF Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Damn...I better start seeing how much it'd cost for me to get up to London again, those look sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas2 Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Wow what a giant slide I've never seen one that big before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Joe Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 ::Frantically searches for parachute pants to attain 3Gs on slide:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCoaster Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 So in essence they are building City Museum but in an actual museum. FYI City Museum is a "Museum" in downtown St. Louis that is nothing but stuff to climb on, huge slides and other fun stuff. They have a skateless skate park (rope swings, miniramps, bowls, quarter pipes), a huge outdoor ballpit with dodgeballs for the balls, and a few multi-story slides. You guys should check it out next time you are in STL. www.citymuseum.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas2 Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Well I'm going to post the links Verticalzero posted in a closed thread here: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23370134-details/The+Tate%27s+30mph+twisters/article.do and http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6030000/newsid_6034700/6034727.stm Man that's one huge slide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDG Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Thanks "wrebbit" for re-posting the links, I should of done a search before creating a new Topic. Anyone been down the slides yet and try to get a POV of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 I'm going today hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisFL Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 I saw this on TV....and I had a crazy idea. This would make for a good way of fire escape in a real setting...people would get to the ground very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worm Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 uhmm... How will you stop on this thing?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 What beastly slides, has anyone in the area been able to try them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazzaman Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 you go down on mats so you go even faster lol you just slide for about a meter at the bottom but most people fly off the end lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalMAN123 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Wow, as Robb and Elissa state, "Only in Europe." ---Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRollergod Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 It looks as the top of the slide is plexi-glass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinschroder Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Well, I went along to the Tate Modern today and can't emphasize the following point strongly enough for those of you thinking of visiting: You need to obtain a free, timed ticket from the ticket desk on level 1 (ground) prior to joining the queue for the slides on levels 3, 4 or 5!! My housemate Tom and I turned up in the late afternoon and rushed straight for the slide on floor 5, the daredevils that we are (!), and queued for a good 20 minutes prior to realising that we needed to have obtained tickets. So I rushed down to the ticket desk whilst Tom was still in the queue - but they had just run out of tickets for the day. I think the idea behind having the tickets is to minimise the already very long queues (I hate to think what it'll be like on a weekend!) and give each visitor just one ride on each of the big slides. But some additional signs or signs at least a little closer to the back of the queue line would have been appreciated! The smaller slides from floor 2 didn't require tickets, so we got on one of those after another 20 minute wait. The general gist is that they lay down a mat for you, you put your feet into the end, they tell you to lie back and keep your arms folded across your chest, much like a waterslide, and then they, rather bizarrely, give you a push to start you moving! As for the actual slide we got on, it was obviously very short, but also very fast and incredibly bumpy! I'm curious to see what the larger slides are like soon... although that may involve visitng an oesteopath afterwards! The funniest thing was watching the people fly down at the end of slide 5 - some of them hit the crash mat, others weren't so lucky! The quoted 30mph is no exageration! Here are some pictures of my somewhat disappointing visit: (and maybe some video clips at a later stage) Me looking slightly disappointed. Thanks for reading! ...and being pushed down by the attendant! Tom loading himself into one of the 2nd floor slides... One of the slides on floor 2. The slide from floor 4 - rumoured to be the fastest of them all in an article I read... Sadly I didn't get to find out for myself! The slides on floors 3 and 5 (plus the queue for one of the floor 2 slides). So no big slides for us, since they'd just run out of tickets! ...without realising that you have to go to the ticket desk first! The fools that we were, we rushed straight to this queue on the 5th floor... Mmm... slides! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 ^Nice photos Robin, good to see that you're fully recovered from the summer! It's a shame that they ran out of tickets for the slides. They look really fast! If ever I needed a Teflon bodysuit, that is the place I'd use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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