Friday, November 02, 2007

Cracking Up

To relieve the tension, and to stop my self from cracking up, I decided to take a stroll through Tate Modern at lunch time. I'm not sure if this exhibit was one of the first in Turbine Hall, my memory isn't that good, but it certainly makes for an interesting piece outside the entrance.
Below is the banner advertising the exhibition, this is a regular feature at Tate Modern, but a different display each year.

So now to this years display - a crack in the floor:
They have people handing out warning leaflets at all the entrances, apparently some people have already fallen down it! In these "Health and Safety" days, I'm surprised it hasn't been cordoned off. Below is a picture of the crack as it goes across the east end of the Turbine Hall.
It is ART? - Who knows? When I walk through Tate Modern, as I do occasionally, I often hear comments. The slides got lots of positive comments, the only comment I heard today "This is cr*p".

OK so I'm going to help fill in some, thankfully, smaller cracks. In the wall of one of our bedrooms.

2 comments:

  1. hris was there on Friday too. I haven't heard he comments about 'the crack' yet... I might go on saturday, is it worth it?

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  2. It's something to say you've seen. As art, I couldn't possibly say. Technically, close up, it isn't very convincing.

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