Finally Tate has bundled its vast archive of talks, performances and videos into a neatly constructed video application. The BT Tate Player is yet another example of a site specific YouTube alternative - other good ones are TED and Fabchannel.Tate was one of the first museums in the world to record and archive its events online, but never had a good infrastructure to display this rich collection. The Tate Player encompasses audio and video of Tate’s events, and adds new Tate Shots and existing audiovisual works from the Tate Modern collection, such as videos by Gilbert & George, and interviews with Frank Stella and Sol LeWitt.

Will Gompertz, director of Tate Media, said: “It’s an exciting project with limitless potential and we’re delighted to be able to share with a broader audience the original audiovisual content of the Tate Archive.”

The new design and interface is a major improvement, however the search function remains complex. Search results are expected to be related to the Tate Player, but instead give links to the whole Tate Online site. Hopefully Tate will see this flaw in the logic of the service and it will correct this. Other than that, it is yet a step forward to opening up the museum.

Tate Player

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