"The Tanks are a new type of public space for art which is about social play. "By having these new spaces we can offer a different pace in our programming so that performance, sound, moving images and participation – art in action – can carry as much weight as anything else we are doing. "Over the past ten years our experience in using the Turbine Hall for live events has demonstrated both the potential for Tate and an appetite on behalf of the audience," says Tate Modern director Chris Dercon. In the autumn the builders will move back in but Tate says that the Tanks will continue to host artistic programmes during the construction of the new building. There are three tanks, two of which will be open to the public with the third used for back-of-house facilities. Tate hopes to offer a mix of ticketed events and installations that can be enjoyed by the casual visitor. To be known as the Tanks, the spaces will host a programme of events and activities between 18 July and 28 October this year. The oil tanks sit underneath the south-western corner of Tate Modern and will sit underneath the gallery's extension which is due for completion by 2016.
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