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Title: Public Art Liabilities (Contracts)
Author : Henry Lydiate
Release Date : January 01, 2010
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
Pages : * pages
Size : 44 KB

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Within four days of the opening to the public of Ai Weiwei's interactive installation Sunflower Seeds, 20i0, at Tate Modern, the public was prevented from walking on i00m handcrafted life-sized porcelain sunflower seed husks spread over the floor of the Turbine Hall. The experience of walking on the seeds was one of the artist's main intentions. Tate explained why it had decided to deny physical public access to the work: 'Although porcelain is very robust, we have been advised that the interaction of visitors with the sculpture can cause dust which could be damaging to health following repeated inhalation over a long period of time. In consequence, Tate, in consultation with the artist, has decided not to allow members of the public to walk across the sculpture. The installation is currently viewable from the Turbine Hall bridge.' This is not the first public artwork that has caused health and safety concerns over Tate's unique and extremely popular art commissions for the Turbine Hall sponsored annually by Unilever. Carsten Holler's Test Site, 2006, comprised a series of huge slides on which the public could helter-skelter from top to bottom of the hall, some of whom complained that they sustained physical injuries while doing so. Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth, 2007, intervened directly in the fabric of the Turbine Hall by breaking open the entire length of its floor, starting as a hairline crack and widening to a depth of around 2ft. Despite Tate's public warning signs, handouts and invigilation staff, a dozen or so people reported sustaining minor injuries and several reported more serious accidents (and a hoard of lost mobile phones was subsequently discovered). Miroslaw Balka's How It Is, 2009, which the Guardian described as a 'box of darkness that embraces you with a velvet chill', was a steel container mounted on 2m-high legs that was i3m high by i0m wide and 30m long. The public was invited to pass underneath or enter and experience the interior lined with black and light-absorbing velvet. Some people complained about the hazard of bumping into the pitch-black walls inside.