Afterwards the Tanks will be closed during some periods to enable building works on the new galleries above. The Tanks will open on 18 July, ten days before the Olympics, and be filled with a 15 week festival of art. To its architects, Herzog & de Meuron, the concrete oil tanks beneath the Tate Modern extension are more than its physical foundations, they have been the starting point for. Nicholas Serota says 75% of funding has been raised and he hopes the building work will be complete before December 2016. £ 215 million extension that will increase Tate Modern's size by 60%, adding 21,000 square meters of new space. “There is an incredible appetite for participation.” Catherine Wood, curator of contemporary art and performance, adds: “We're excited about the opportunity to create events that are part installation, part discussion, part performance, which is very much in the spirit of the way artists are working now.” “We will see many more works which involve the spectator, said Tate Modern director Chris Dercon. The giant subterranean spaces will host the live art and film programmes, which were previously presented in diverse spaces around Tate Modern. It’s to do with the geometries of the land parcel, but also angles that will lead people into the galleries.The Tate Modern's oil tanks will be dedicated permanently to live art installation and performance. “The form is something between a very rational form and a very irrational form, a pyramidal shape. The interior of the new building features raw concrete folded into dramatic angles and will be a stunning new building in which to experience art. The façade uses brick to match the surface of the existing museum, while creating something radically new – a perforated brick lattice through which the interior lights glow in the evening. Like the original Tate Modern, the new building is designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron and will present a striking combination of raw industrial spaces and refined 21st century architecture. Its twisting, pyramid-like shape will be a memorable addition to London’s skyline and will offer 60% extra space for visitors to explore. The new building is ten-storeys on top of The Tanks – the world’s first gallery spaces dedicated to live art, film and installations – its height responding to the chimney of the existing Tate Modern building which was originally designed as a power station by Giles Gilbert Scott in the 1950s. The new Tate Modern opens on 17 June 2016, to display a greater variety of artworks and show more artists from around the world, presenting an increasingly international view of modern and contemporary art.
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