Martin Creed's Work No. 850 at the Tate Britain

This performance art piece requires a person to run through the Tate Britain at top speed "as if their life depends on it", every thirty seconds.

Creed was inspired to create the work after a visit to the catacombs of the Capuchin monks, in Palermo. He only had five minutes to see everything, and literally ran from point to point. Creed says, "I think it's good to see museums at high speed. It leaves time for other things."

And I couldn't agree more. I sat and watched Work No. 850 for about five minutes... really enjoying it... until the point where I realised I was then just watching people run through an art gallery. Then I left. To do other things.

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