It’s all about darkness

Miroslaw Balka was commissioned to carry out an installation in Tate’s Turbine Hall as part of the Unilever Series in 2009. His work How it is was a big grey box or great dimensions. Visitors can walk underneath but also enter through a ramp slowly walking into the absolute darkness inside. Balka intends to provide an experience for visitors which is both personal and collective, creating a range of sensory and emotional experiences through sound, contrasting light and shade, individual experience and awareness of others.

There is a virtual tour of the installation on the Tate website and you can always visit Balka website to find out more on this very intriguing work.