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Tatlin’s whisper #5, by Tania Burguera at the Tate Modern. Two mounted police officers exercising crowd control techniques on the public at the Tate, exploring power and the way people respond to it.

Title: Tatlin’s Whisper #5
Year: 2008
Medium: Decontextualization of an action, unannounced performance, behavior art
Materials: Mounted police, crowd control techniques, audience
Dimensions: Variable

In the film, Bruguera says, ‘Each piece is a little vignette, where the audience can have a little piece of an experience with power. … I like people not to think it’s art, so they can really enjoy it as a live event and not as a representation of a live event.’