Running with Puma in Tate Galery

In every hour fifty amateurs will sprint as fast as they can through the gallery at 30-second intervals.

 Work No 850 is the latest piece by
Martin Creed, who has been commissioned to fill the long space known
as the Duveen Galleries. For the next four months, people will sprint
as fast as they can through the gallery at 30-second intervals. to
dash through the Tate – each sprint lasts about 15 seconds. Puma
sponsors the performance with Puma Running running clothes and shoes.

Visitors and reviewers to the gallery
were unsure about the new work. “It is not April 1, is it?”