Visitors to London’s Tate Modern will see a unique sculpture in the main Turbine Hall, a giant slide.
There are five in total, with the largest of the spiralling slides is more than 55m (182ft) long and descends from the fifth floor… Visitors can actually try the slides!
Artist Carsten Höller said his work, named Test Site, is a “playground for the body and the brain”.
The slides are the seventh exhibit in the series commissioned for the gallery’s Turbine Hall.
Previous works in the 500ft (152m) long and 115ft (35m) high hall have included: The Weather Project, a foggy sunset by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, and Anish Kapoor’s giant, red Marsyas sculpture.
Holler, 44, has constructed slides before, including one at the Prada headquarters in Milan (Italy) connecting boss Miuccia Prada’s office and the car park.
He says studies back up his belief that slides can help combat stress and depression.
More information can be seen on the Tate Modern site here
Related posts:
- When Nick Heidfeld lapped a modern F1 car around the Nordschleife
- Game On – the video game exhibition
- The £50m diamond skull from Damien Hirst
- CheTrooper
This looks really fun! Plus it looks beautiful.
Photos: http://arts.guardian.co.uk/flash/page/0,,1891219,00.html
Sweet
I’d like to be there at that moment.