Exhibition
Year of Mexico in the UK: Pedro Reyes: Disarm (Mechanized)
12 Sep 2015 – 10 Jan 2016
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Address
- Rendezvous Margate Kent
- Margate
England - CT9 1HG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Direct buses to Margate from all surrounding towns in East Kent. Visit Kent County Council's Public Transport website to find your most direct bus route. There you can also download a map of Kent and all available bus routes in the county.
- High speed trains from London St Pancras and Stratford International run every hour and take just 90 minutes. - Mainline trains from London Victoria, Cannon Street, Charing Cross and London Bridge, which take a little longer. Victoria offers a frequent s
See, watch and hear illegal firearms as musical instruments in Pedro Reyes’ ambitious installation.
About
Reyes was offered the crushed revolvers, shot-guns and machine-guns by the Mexican government following their confiscation and public destruction. Disarm (Mechanized) will play at automated intervals.
This is the second installation in Turner Contemporary's Sunley Gallery as part of The Year of Mexico 2015 with Pedro Reyes' Disarm (Mechanized), 2012. This is the first time Disarm (Mechanized) has been exhibited in a UK public gallery.
Following the presentation at Turner Contemporary, Disarm will tour to two European art festivals, CTM-Festival, Berlin (27 January 2016 – 28 February 2016) and TodaysArt - The Hague, Netherlands (September 2016).
Disarm (Mechanized) is supported by the Embassy of Mexico in the UK and the Lisson Gallery.
