I visited Graves Art Gallery today for the first time in about, well... 20 years.

Anyway, every room I went in there were these little blue round things about 10' up on the wall making clicking noises like a clock.

At first I thought they must be some sort of 'Modern Art' but they were in every room including the cafe and after a bit they started sending me mad a bit like Chinese Water Torture does.

It's a little known fact that the seats in MacDonalds restaruants are specifically designed to be uncomfortable to make sure that people don't spend too long there and I can only assume that these clicking things in Graves Art Gallery are also there to make sure that people don't spend too long there.

I read the visitor book and about 80% of the comments were about these clicking things so I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Does anybody know why they are there and what they are?

They are a piece of art. Apparently. :?
I remember reading about it on the website a few months ago.

http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk/shared/display.asp?ID=471

"By placing the gently ticking metronomes at strategic places around the gallery, the viewer becomes aware of the architectural spaces and the collections in new and challenging ways."

I was going to say 'I don't believe it', but I do, unfortunatley.

This is ridiculous.

They are probably saying that since I have taken the time to talk about this 'artwork', it has therefore suceeded in creating an 'emotional reaction' but that is BS.

There is such a thing as cr*p art and this is it.

Don't be fooled by the snobbish, elitist art world - do you remember the Emporers New Clothes? Well this is them.