One Hundred Million

What does one hundred million look like?

I had no idea until I stepped inside the huge Turbine Hall of Tate Modern yesterday afternoon and gazed at a sea of grey.

Once downstairs and on a level with Ai Wei Wei’s thought provoking installation, then things begin to become a little clearer.

We were astounded to see each one of these sunflower seeds was truly different from the others and spent quite a while marvelling at the concept, the execution, the sheer brilliance of the man.

We’d watched the Culture Show on the previous evening and further enlightened by the film showing there alongside the seeds themselves, we felt surprisingly moved by the whole of this stunning project and what it represents. 

We loved it.

  

It certainly overshadowed all of this.

Comments

[Janice]

I saw the seeds a couple of weeks ago - am amazed by Wei Wei and his defiance of the Chinese authorities. An amazing sight. Were you able to walk on it still?

[Georgina]

I heard the other day that we cannot 'visualise' large numbers, but to gain a certain perspective - one million seconds amount take 11 days to pass, whilst 1 billion seconds take 32 years!!!