I'd like to check this out but I understand that London makes one age quite quickly . This might interfere with my ongoing red wine study (below) so I think I'll have to pass.Screaming in art galleries is not often encouraged but at Tate Modern for the next six months it will be de rigueur. The oft solemn gallery unveiled its newest acquisition yesterday – a coup de theatre in the form of five fairground slides.
The five giant slides in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in London
Are they art? Maybe. Are they fun? Incontrovertibly yes.
Though imitating a rat shooting down a drainpipe at 30mph for 20 seconds is a bit more Chessington World of Adventures than supercool Tate Modern, it is a fair bet that most visitors will go away glowing at the thrill rather than ruminating about where it all lies in the chronology of art history.
The five fully-enclosed steel and plastic tubes are the brainchild of German artist Carsten Höller, who has called his installation Test Site.
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