A new art installation has been launched at Covent Garden this spring. The installation covers the façade of Covent Garden market with 32,000 square feet of mirrors. The mirrors are also functional in that they hide the building work currently taking place at the market, which will enable a new restaurant (SUSHISAMBA) opening up here. I am happy that they have opted for reflecting mirrors instead of covering the building in ugly scaffolding.
The installation, known as 'Reflect London', is brought to us by design agency Sculptivate and will be in place for eight months. Previously, Covent Garden hosted other popular art installations. Last summer, 'Heartbeat', a large cluster of balloons, was installed inside the market by Charles Pétillon. The summer before, we saw a floating building by Alex Chinnock.
The installation is worth a visit and the perfect place to get photographs by using the mirrors to capture reflections and interesting profile pictures or selfies.
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