The ‘crack’, entitled Shibboleth, by Colombian artist Doris Salcedo in Tate Modern’s giant Turbine Hall as part of the museum’s Unilever series

The Colombian artist Doris Salcedo has filled the Tate Modern Museum in London’s cavernous Turbine Hall with a hole as the latest work in the art gallery’s annual installation series. Dubbed Shibboleth after the biblical massacre of the same name, the work is a trench dug into the concrete floor of the former power station and running more than 540 feet long, starting as a crack and ending as a chasm. Already three visitors lost their footing and fell into the gap. To remove Shibboleth from public display next April, the crack will simply be filled, in leaving a permanent “scar” in the floor.

Watch a short video on the Guardian website or read one of these articles.
New York Times (October 8, 2007)
The Times (October 9, 2007)
The Guardian (October 10, 2007)