Some artistic production is so powerful that it can move you totears . A raw installation at London ’s Tate Modern is well-nigh guaranteed to do so , irrespective of how you sense about it . As part of a Modern work by Cuban creative person Tania Bruguera , visitors to the Tate ’s Turbine Hall will be let on to a chemic compound contrive to bring on tears , according to theBBC .
The installation is part of a big exhibition on the troth of refugee and migration , one that features an ever - change name — in a press release , the gallerycallsit 10,143,075,926 , but the shape is always increasing . The number reflects how many migrants move from one country to another last yr , and how many migrant have die in transit thus far this class .
Thetear - inducingaspect of the piece is confined to one elbow room , deemed the “ outcry way . ” Inside , an organic chemical compound is incessantly being pumped into the air , creating an inconspicuous swarm that ’s ensure to bring tears to your middle . The BBC ’s insurance coverage liken the feeling to what you experience while cuttingonions , and say it has a minty sense of smell . ( Strong concentration of menthol can produce tears , which is why actorsuse itto help them cry on command . )
The artist calls it “ squeeze empathy ” and hopes that the physical sensation of displume up will raise an emotional response in the viewer , too , battle the apathy that 24/7 news coverage of thecurrentEuropean migration crisis can breed .
In another tender to create a sense of togetherness in the quad , the black story is heat - sensitive , and when enough visitors lie down to warm it up with their organic structure heat , a portrait of a young Syrian refugee look hidden underneath . for see the image , visitors have to work together .
There are other aspects of the exhibition plan to make the great unwashed uncomfortable . Low frequency sound — which some experts have tie in to the feeling ofbeing haunted — are pumped into the art gallery to make visitors feel unsettled . It all adds up to a multi - centripetal experience design to bear upon you on both an worked up and a physical level .
[ h / tBBC ]
