At the Serpentine, Theaster Gates Looks to Sacred Spaces.

Alongside meetings of Black artists, there will be clay workshops for children and a Japanese tea ceremony - Gates studied ceramics in Tokoname - and music, from Gregorian chants to jazz. WHEN THE CALL came to design the Serpentine Pavilion - the high-profile annual commission for a temporary events space in London - Theaster Gates naturally thought of clay. Gates initially hoped to make Black Chapel from clay brick, like the Walker Art Center building, but the budget and timeframe proved prohibitive. [Extracted from the article]