What's the Crack?

Shibboleth installation by Doris Salcedo at Tate Modern, London

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[nuttyteacher]

@fritzz45 Thanks for the reply! Secretism isn't unusual. I saw squares but what was driving me mad is that you don't normally pay attention at how floors look like so I thought that was the actual floor but it wasn't. It did the treak to me.I was intrigued.The crack was deep at some points and had a metallic net to contain the edges.It was long,The Tate's turbine hall is massive. I liked the idea of looking down too, as if we should be ashamed or so.I liked it so much it was very impressive ;)

[fritzz45]

The only fact that she said about that work, was that the squares were made in her workshop here in Bogota, and they were send by ship, sponsored by Unilever

[fritzz45]

I think there are no clues of any kind. See, she is very keen

(or jeolousy)of her processes.. She is too seriuos and gives no interviews, in fact, here in Bogota, where she lives, people think she doesn´t lives or cares about her country, when it´s all the opposite

[nuttyteacher]

@fritzz45 oh! thanks! I've been looking for videos about the artistic process of its make. Have you seen any, please?

[fritzz45]

It´s a metaphor about the crisis between first and third world

[nuttyteacher]

Hi, and what was the idea behind it? Because I remember that work as one of the most impressive things I have seen in Tate modern so far, but the idea behind wasn't very clear for me, to be honest. I was mainly wondering about the creative process and how it was actually the crack made because now the floor it's back to normal and the crack wasn't a paint. Thanks

nuttyteacher

[mandragora94]

the important is the idea behind this, I think she has a great job.

[Dalemetcalf1]

i doesnt matter if you can spell or not to express an opinion.

[umpalumpa101909]

man that is dangerous, sombody could easly slip in there and bread a ankle, or even a leg, its quite wide

[XXValiuXX]

You should learn how to spell the word remotely... At least before you comment on figurative expression. Not that I actually know anything about this crack thing.