Despite implementing the latest health and safety procedures, the Tate Modern saw 23 people suffer minor injuries from Robert Morris's Bodyspacemotionthings during its special re-creation at the museum this summer.
Participants in the installation were invited to negotiate seesaws, a tightrope, and other obstacles, and in just over a week some of them were left with a cut leg, a rope burn to the hand, bruised ribs, and a bruised shoulder. Also, a 2-year-old girl was taken to the hospital after banging her head, as were two boys, aged 11 and 7, for a crushed finger and a grazed forehead. A Tate spokeswoman said the 1971 work, which was commissioned for a four-day event in May but ran for an extra two weeks, was fully tested before it opened. In addition, the Tate's health and safety officer ordered a series of measures to reduce risks. The installation, seen by 340,000 visitors this time, was first exhibited back in the ’70s, although the Tate almost had to close it just four days after it opened when it was nearly wrecked by an overly enthusiastic public. Read more at the Guardian.
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