Black out: man injured in London art exhibitA pitch-black art installation in London claimed its first victim on the opening day as a man walked straight into a wall, a report said Wednesday. "How It Is", by Polish artist Miroslaw Balka, opened to the public Tuesday in the huge Turbine Hall The Turbine hall or 'turbine building is a building that is a part of any steam cycle power plant which houses a number of components vital to the generation of electricity from the steam that comes from the boiler. of the Tate Modern The Tate Modern in London is Britain's national museum of international modern art and is, with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives, and Tate Online[1], part of the group now known simply as Tate. gallery. More than 12,500 people visited, with one person attended to by first aid staff, Tate said when asked about the incident. London's Evening Standard newspaper said the man hit the back wall and was escorted away with blood on his suit and a lump on his nose before being treated by first aid staff. The installation is a steel box, resembling a giant shipping container. Accessed by a ramp, it measures 30 metres long, 13 metres high and 10 metres wide. The work is lined with light-absorbing material, meaning visitors can see nothing but blackness when inside. A spokeswoman for the Tate galleries Tate Gallery, London, originally the National Gallery of British Art. The original building (in Millbank on the former site of Millbank Prison), with a collection of 65 modern British paintings, was given by Sir Henry Tate and was opened in 1897. told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. that more than 12,500 people visited the new installation on its opening day Tuesday. "There has been one incident in the installation and the visitor was attended to immediately by staff trained in first aid," she said. "Tate takes issues of health and safety very seriously." The Tate Modern gallery, founded in 2000 in a disused disused Adjective no longer used Adj. 1. disused - no longer in use; "obsolete words" obsolete noncurrent - not current or belonging to the present time disused adj power station on the south bank of the River Thames opposite Saint Paul's Cathedral Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren and one of the finest church designs of the English baroque. It stands at the head of Ludgate Hill, where, according to tradition, a Roman temple once stood. In the early 7th cent. , attracts several million visitors per year and is one of Britain's most popular tourist attractions. "How It Is" runs until April 5. 
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