On Tuesday, Husband took the day off to make the bank holiday weekend a bit longer (especially as it was the penultimate day of the summer holidays). So we took the kids to the London Transport Museum. Afterwards we walked through the Piazza in Covent Garden on our way to lunch. If you live near/in London and haven’t been to the Piazza in a while, you must visit.
There are currently 100,000 huge white balloons hung up in the South Hall of the Market Building as part of a public art installation by French artist Charles Pétillon. The installation is 54 metres in length and 12 metres in width. There are white lights in the balloons, and it is supposed to symbolise the beating heart of the area. And it is utterly spectacular. You have until the 27th September 2015 to check it out.
Wow those balloons are really quite something. What an amazing art installation.
those white balloons certainly make a statement.
Wow! That looks fantastic and beautiful shot. Do they glow as well? I’ve heard about glowing balloons but, I’m not too sure if they are referring to these. xx
wow that looks really cool, half tempted to jump on the tube and go have a look 🙂
I have seen some of these floating around on FB from the same place. Some of my other Nikon Friends have been posting these all day. 😉
Great photographs. I want to go back there. Covent Garden Market is a cool place to visit. I don’t know if they still have a market, but I want to go visit for photo opportunities. #MySundayPhoto
John.
What a fun exhibit!
Wow, that’s fabulous, almost like thunder clouds rising!
This really is a gorgeous installation, they look so tactile xx
Oh, this looks absolutely stunning!
I love the angle of this photo. At first I had to zoom in to see what they were from the thumbnail. What a great installation! X #MySundayPhoto
Wow I do love this shot. Looks like you could just reach up and touch them. Cloud like. #MySundayPhoto x
What an interesting bit of art, thanks for sharing
What a stunning effect. I love Covent Garden, always something going on
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Oh wow I would love to see this, Covent Garden is my favourite place in London I could spend hours there people watching x
This looks amazing!! Love Covent Garden! Great Photo! 🙂 xx
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What a gorgeous installation, and captured beautifully! #mysundayphoto
They are like clouds and mallows! #mysundayphoto
I love the way that you go to see one thing in London and always get a bonus thing!
This is a spectaculair sightseeing and a geest shot! #mysundayphoto
This looks so beautiful – I bet seeing it in real life is stunning. #mysundayphoto
Lovely photo, the balloons look stunning and covent garden is a magical place.
They are so cool and I love the beating heart idea, very clever.
that sure is amazing, who counted all those balloons?
That is SO cool – I love this idea.
I hope you’ll come link up at this week’s Wordless Wednesday (on Tuesday):
http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/08/strange-visitors-in-garden.html.
Wow, that’s amazing. So beautiful just having the white. Bet it’s pretty spectacular
I bet that’s an amazing sight. This is when I miss working in London x
Oh wow they are beautiful! Oh I miss living down South and visiting Covent Garden in particular. I bet the balloons are amazing in real life xx
I want to go and see these. They look great 🙂
How gorgeous!!! I would love to see it, art is such a cool thing, and it brings so much happiness. Great shot.
Oh wow, they are gorgeous! I would never think of doing something like that, all white, but it is absolutely stunning!
what an amazing shot
this is just gorgeous. i love balloons and these white ones look superb. if only i could get there- only 16.5 K klms away!:) Just a day’s flight…