Details

Type: Installation

Topic: migration border Political human right

Keywords: crack floor Tate Modern Unilever Series Colombia

Dimension: 548-foot (167-metre) long

Materials: concrete, Colombian rock cast

Country: England (Installation location) / Colombia (Artist origin and material source)

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Shibboleth

Artist: Doris Salcedo

Year: 2007

Shibboleth, a £300,000 installation by Colombian artist Doris Salcedo, was the eighth commission in the Unilever Series at Tate Modern, London. Engineer Stuart Smith oversaw the work's realization and installation. The artwork consisted of a 548-foot (167-meter) long crack in the Turbine Hall floor, widening from a hairline fracture to several inches wide and two feet deep. It was created by opening up the floor and inserting a cast from a Colombian rock face. Salcedo described the work... (full text available in original project page)