Three visitors rescued after falling into Tate Modern's £300,000 trench artwork

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[reaganaut1]

Three women have been hurt by falling into Tate Modern's latest installation - a crack in the floor.

At 548 feet long, up to three feet deep and 10inches wide, it zigzags the length of the Turbine Hall and has been described as a highly original work of art.

But visitors have already paid the price for failing to heed warning signs. And a builder said if he had been responsible for the crack he would be sued for health and safety breaches.

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The crack is said to represent the division problem of integrating immigrants into European society.

[ASOC]

Those crazy Brits.

[Brilliant]

“The crack is said to represent the division problem of integrating immigrants into European society.”

Artwork that has political implications is typically trash.

[Disambiguator]

"I walked into the ladies room at a museum, and they got all upset. I said 'I'm sorry, I thought it was an exhibit.'"

Steven Wright

Gotta love modern "art."

[samtheman]

The bigger story is the more than half-million dollars flushed down the toilet.

[ErnBatavia]

Christo Umbrella bump

[coloradan]

It’s trash as far as art goes, but the fact a few people have already gotten hurt couldn’t be more appropriate to the purpose of the display. Who knows, the exhibit might even kill somebody, making even that much more appropriate.

[MJemison]

‘Modern art is one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated upon society.’ -unknown

[IronJack]

Oh, brother. I took a dump the other day that looked like a Gainesborough landscape. I’ll make it available to the Tate with bids starting at a million pounds.

[reagan_fanatic]

Artists are weird.

[IronJack]

it zigzags the length of the Turbine Hall and has been described as a highly original work of art.

It has also been described as "a crack in the floor."

As a metaphor, it is ironic too, since from what I gather, the women who fell into the crack were British, not immigrants. So in effect the only people being hurt by this "chasm" are the natives, not the newcomers.

[Disambiguator]

‘Modern art is one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated upon society.’ -unknown

23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."

This is excerpted from the list of 45 goals of the communists for their takeover of the US.

[Ramius]

As a metaphor, it is ironic too, since from what I gather, the women who fell into the crack were British, not immigrants. So in effect the only people being hurt by this "chasm" are the natives, not the newcomers.

Heh. So ~now~ it is art! Hey! I think I get it! :-)

[Calvin Locke]

In nineteenth century England, the was a fad of the wealthy of building standalone towers for the heck of it.

The ones that survive today provide a fun excursion, and interesting panorama of the areas they occupy.

[KarlInOhio]

This fails what I call the "Art Museum Janitor" test. If the museum janitor will try to throw out, clean or repair your art work it isn't really art. I could see the janitor of this place sighing and calling in an order of concrete to fix the crack.

[Red Badger]

‘Modern art is one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated upon society.’ -unknown

I said it. You may quote me......

[agere_contra]

They were called follies. There are two famous ones within 500m of where I am sitting, that inspired Tolkien’s “Two Towers”

[rod1]

I may have a simlar work of art in my back patio..ya think it is worth anything?

[MJemison]

23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."

This is excerpted from the list of 45 goals of the communists for their takeover of the US.

That explains alot.

[ASOC]

Some were not all that bad looking. The view is great and given the coal power of the times, you have to wonder if the air wasn’t better on some days even just a little above ground....