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TateShots

Summary: Welcome to TateShots, our weekly programme for art junkies everywhere. TateShots presents a selection of short videos, with a focus on modern and contemporary art. Send feedback to tateshots@tate.org.uk.

Podcasts:

 TateShots: Mona Hatoum, studio visit | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 254

Mona Hatoum shows TateShots around her studio, an old shop in the heart of Berlin.

 TateShots: Ray Harryhausen on John Martin | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 201

Ray Harryhausen is a legend in the film world. His opus which includes special effects for Jason and the Argonauts and One Million Years B.C. changed the face of cinema and inspired filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson.

 TateShots: Ryan Gander, Locked Room Scenario | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 260

Ryan Gander's new work for Artangel messes with your mind.  'Locked Room Scenario' purports to be a group show in a warehouse in Hoxton.

 TateShots: Roman Ondak, Measuring the Universe | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 177121

Starting as an empty white room, Roman Ondak’s Measuring the Universe at Tate St Ives has grown through the contribution of around 90’000 participants to a constellation of black marks.

 TateShots: Pat Nevin in conversation with Neville Gabie | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 215

Pat Nevin and Neville Gabie discuss the sculptural qualities of goalposts and how they become a way of understanding the city, landscape or community they are found in.

 TateShots: Mark Titchner, Studio Visit | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 266

Casts of pig’s rib cages, burnt wood carvings and a cement mixer are just some of the things Mark Titchner showed TateShots when we dropped by his studio for a visit.

 TateShots: Contested Terrains – Part 1 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 170680

In this video, TateShots explores Contested Terrains, an exhibition by four artists working in Africa

 TateShots: Miro | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 290

Joan Miró's works come to London in the first major retrospective here for nearly 50 years.

 TateShots: Biddy Peppin on the female Vorticists | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 268800

The Vorticist movement had two female members, Helen Saunders and Jessica Dismorr, while Dorothy Shakespear was an unofficial member.

 TateShots: Storm Thorgerson on Magritte | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 194120

Storm Thorgerson designed the cover for Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon', an album that can be found in the homes of over 40 million people. In a career spanning over 30 years he has produced album graphics for numerous acts.

 TateShots at the Venice Biennale 2011: Mike Nelson in The British Pavilion | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 190

For this year's coverage of the Venice Biennale, we sent art critic Ben Lewis to find out the hottest artists and shows in the exhibition. In this short film he meets British artist, Mike Nelson

 TateShots: Martin Creed at Tate St Ives | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 272

Tate St Ives gets into the swing of summer with a show that’s all about space, structure, and light.

 TateShots: Moby at Tate Modern | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 205

Moby, king of ambient electronic music, had a childhood fantasy of being left alone in a museum after hours. Tateshots made it reality, with a late night tour of Tate Modern.

 TateShots: Erdem, Art of Fashion | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 261160

We invited fashion designer Erdem on a special tour of the new hang at Tate Britain, where he selected some of his favourite paintings and talked about how art inspires him.

 TateShots: Do Ho Suh – Staircase-III | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 212000

A gauzy red staircase floats high up in a gallery at Tate Modern, the latest installation by artist Do Ho Suh. Watching as the team pinned the fabric in place, he told us about his inspiration.

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