Tate Modern live exhibition kicks off with a marvellous mist

Visitors marvel as mist descends on Tate Modern — as part of a new live exhibition.

Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya created the vapour sculpture by pumping water at high-pressure through tiny nozzles positioned around the terrace outside the entrance to the gallery’s new Switch House extension.

Nakaya made her first vapour sculpture in Japan in 1970 and has previously shrouded Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum in artificial fog.

The show marks the start of a 10-day season of live events at the Tanks, a series of huge concrete containers originally built to store fuel below the terrace. They will become home to a series of installations using film, music and dance.

Director of exhibitions Achim Borchardt-Hume said: “In our connected digital age, artists and audiences are ever more fascinated by live experiences, shared in the moment with those around them. Our new annual BMW Tate Live Exhibition reflects this shift.”