Celebrating 10 years at the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern
Tate Modern
The Tate Modern was the perfect setting for this celebration of ten years of an energy company. The style of the building perfectly linked to the company branding and was an incredible canvas for the black and gold celebratory feel for the evening.
Celebrating 10 years at the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern
Tate Modern
The Tate Modern was the perfect setting for this celebration of ten years of an energy company. The style of the building perfectly linked to the company branding and was an incredible canvas for the black and gold celebratory feel for the evening.
Guests entered the Tate Turbine Hall and walked down the impressive ramp, leading down into the main space. This dramatic walkway was lined with 140 huge black and gold orbs. The orbs created an incredible entrance, lit from each side, stopping guests in their tracks as they arrived. At the base of the ramp, a 6m wide gold mirror escort card wall, held each name for the dinner, attached with a gold, company branded seal. Guests were invited to choose their name by the performers with giant gold and black shimmering peacock tails, towering 5m high.
Moving upstairs to the Bridge, the guests had an amazing view of the dinner that was to come later. Up here, the space was dwarfed by the majestic bronze and marble sculpture of a spider Maman (1999) by the artistLouise Bourgeois. The sculpture, which depicts a spider, is among the world's largest, measuring over 30 ft high and over 33 ft wide (9.27 x 8.91 x 10.24metres) and was bought into the space to mark the 25th anniversary of the Tate Modern. The drinks reception was hosted in and around the spider with a string quartet playing from the stage whilst drinks, canapés and cocktails served by the waiting teams. The impressive call for dinner was an occasion in itself with a troupe of ballerinas performing a dance which merged from ballet through to hip hop and guided guests down the gold edged stairs to the main Turbine Hall dining space.
As guests emerged through the black velvet draping, they entered the main 26m high dining space within Turbine Hall. Tables were set for500 guests, a mix of ovals and rounds, in a palette ranging from deep black through to a soft cream. The seams of colour ran through the space with each tablescape differing according to the colourway. The dark tables were clothed in a black linen, set with smart black wooden framed chairs, deep black florals and black and gold shimmering charger plates. The cream tables were dressed in a textured stone linen with soft florals in a creams, gold and cappuccino palette and scalloped linen napkins. These tables were paired with paler chairs in a white or caramel with a paler wood frame. The effect here worked well to bring together the black of the pillars and metalwork within the space as well as picking out the lighter tones in the floor and walls with the stone colourway. The overall look was very cohesive and had texture and depth.
To add to the atmosphere within the dining space, we added a large black and gold marble after-dinner bar complete with three huge chandeliers hanging overhead, a huge gold mirror dancefloor and a two tiered stage. The showstopper of the space had to be the large platforms holding just under half of the seating. The curved, gold edges to these platforms added an elevated angle to the look of the Turbine Hall dining space.
The stage was home to two incredible bands – Brookyln Soul who were flown in for the event from the US and ALR Live who performed after the band sets until the early hours.
As the evening progressed, a secret bar was revealed under the Bridge. This surprise space held a cheese station, a cocktail bar and a full gold lamé lined photobooth.
Celebrating 10 years at the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Guests entered the Tate Turbine Hall and walked down the impressive ramp, leading down into the main space. This dramatic walkway was lined with 140 huge black and gold orbs. The orbs created an incredible entrance, lit from each side, stopping guests in their tracks as they arrived. At the base of the ramp, a 6m wide gold mirror escort card wall, held each name for the dinner, attached with a gold, company branded seal. Guests were invited to choose their name by the performers with giant gold and black shimmering peacock tails, towering 5m high.
Moving upstairs to the Bridge, the guests had an amazing view of the dinner that was to come later. Up here, the space was dwarfed by the majestic bronze and marble sculpture of a spider Maman (1999) by the artistLouise Bourgeois. The sculpture, which depicts a spider, is among the world's largest, measuring over 30 ft high and over 33 ft wide (9.27 x 8.91 x 10.24metres) and was bought into the space to mark the 25th anniversary of the Tate Modern. The drinks reception was hosted in and around the spider with a string quartet playing from the stage whilst drinks, canapés and cocktails served by the waiting teams. The impressive call for dinner was an occasion in itself with a troupe of ballerinas performing a dance which merged from ballet through to hip hop and guided guests down the gold edged stairs to the main Turbine Hall dining space.
As guests emerged through the black velvet draping, they entered the main 26m high dining space within Turbine Hall. Tables were set for500 guests, a mix of ovals and rounds, in a palette ranging from deep black through to a soft cream. The seams of colour ran through the space with each tablescape differing according to the colourway. The dark tables were clothed in a black linen, set with smart black wooden framed chairs, deep black florals and black and gold shimmering charger plates. The cream tables were dressed in a textured stone linen with soft florals in a creams, gold and cappuccino palette and scalloped linen napkins. These tables were paired with paler chairs in a white or caramel with a paler wood frame. The effect here worked well to bring together the black of the pillars and metalwork within the space as well as picking out the lighter tones in the floor and walls with the stone colourway. The overall look was very cohesive and had texture and depth.
To add to the atmosphere within the dining space, we added a large black and gold marble after-dinner bar complete with three huge chandeliers hanging overhead, a huge gold mirror dancefloor and a two tiered stage. The showstopper of the space had to be the large platforms holding just under half of the seating. The curved, gold edges to these platforms added an elevated angle to the look of the Turbine Hall dining space.
The stage was home to two incredible bands – Brookyln Soul who were flown in for the event from the US and ALR Live who performed after the band sets until the early hours.
As the evening progressed, a secret bar was revealed under the Bridge. This surprise space held a cheese station, a cocktail bar and a full gold lamé lined photobooth.
