Tania Bruguera's Participatory Installation at Tate Modern

Cuban artist Tania Bruguera (b. 1968) has unveiled a participatory installation at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall as part of the Hyundai Commission series. Titled 10,148,451, the project runs until February 24 and involves multiple interventions inside and around the museum. Central to the work is community engagement: 21 Tate Neighbours co-designed the project and renamed one of the museum's galleries for a year after local activist Natalie Bell. They also drafted a manifesto accessible via the museum's free Wi-Fi. On the Turbine Hall floor, a large portrait of Yousef, a young Syrian refugee who emigrated to London, is rendered in heat-sensitive material, becoming visible only when warmed by visitors' bodies. The installation also features a sound piece filling the space with low frequencies and a room where visitors are brought to tears by a chemical compound dispersed in the air. Bruguera stated, 'When people enter the Turbine Hall, they will think nothing has changed, that no intervention has been made on the building. I want everyone to understand that things happen in society only when people intervene and participate.'