Black Hole darkness void & emptiness at Tate Museum


	Black Hole darkness void & emptiness at Tate Museum

syncopath

10-26-2009 10:18 PM

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The title of the installation takes its inspiration from Samuel Beckett's novel "How It Is,"

According to Tate Modern, around 22 million people have come to see the nine previous installations.

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