Everything about Shibboleth Artwork totally explained
Shibboleth was the title of a temporary art
installation by the
Colombian artist
Doris Salcedo in
Tate Modern. The work took the form of a long crack in the floor.
The work
Shibboleth by Doris Salcedo was a £300,000
installation, the eighth commission in the "
Unilever Series" (sponsored by Unilever), which this takes place annually in the Turbine Hall, the main entrance lobby of
Tate Modern in London. Salcedo's installation took the form of a 548 foot (167 meter) long, meandering crack in the floor of the Turbine Hall, initially a hairline crack and eventually widening to a few inches and around two feet deep. The crack was made by opening up the floor and then inserting a cast from a Colombian rock face.
The exhibition took place from
9 October 2007 to
6 April 2008.
Health and safety
Prior to the exhibition's opening, the Tate's head of safety and security, Dennis Ahern, had warned of the danger of visitors tripping on the crack "with the potential for significant leg injury," but that "physical protection measures which would normally be applied to a gap of this nature are not deemed appropriate due to its artistic nature." In some places it was wide enough for a small child to fall into.
[ The Tate placed warning signs and designated staff to monitor the exhibit and hand out leaflets.][ In the first month of the display, fifteen people were injured, mostly minor, but four of the accidents were reported to the Health and Safety Executive.][Further Information]
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