100,000 White Balloons In London
Covent Garden market is getting quite the makeover later this month, when a French artist will fill the ceiling with a “floating cloud” of 100,000 glowing balloons. Charles Pétillon has been lined up to create his first live installation outside of France in the 19th century building’s South Hall, and it’s going to be huge. It will take 25 people five nights to inflate each of the 320kg latex balloons, with the final sculpture stretching more than 54 metres in length and 12 metres in width. Would make quite a birthday party!
