Hi Ticky
One of our past MSc students, Helen Acklam, looked at this for her dissertation in 2008 focusing on various installations in including Shibboleth (a crack in the floor of the Tate Modern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth_(artwork) ) . Also about that time there was tragic accident when a large tent like structure that people went into to experience the artwork - the tent being the artwork by an artist I cannot remember (I think he may have been Dutch) broke loose from its holding down ropes and I think killed at least one person who was inside it. We expect artists to conform to safety issues so why not access issues too?
If an artist chooses to make something for their own private consumption, or offers to sell it to a private individual then that to me is up to them, but as soon as they offer something for members of the public to enjoy, or sells it to a place that is publicly displaying it then there is both a duty of care and to me a responsibility to make it as accessible as possible so that as many people can enjoy it.
Kind regards
Marcus
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Yes I went to see that too - I didn't realise there was a video and wondered if Roger Hiorns had considered access too...
Thank you all for your replies to my question
Ticky
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