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Stunning optical illusion which makes building appear to have broken
The installation, named Take my Lightning but Don't steal my Thunder, was created by the artist Alex Chinneck (pictured), who is well known for creating optical illusions
Mind-bending: A passing couple peer inside the building which appears to be torn apart with one half suspended in mid-air with no support
Technical wizardry: The stunning artwork replicates Covent Garden's historic Market Building perfectly but makes it appear if it has broken free of its foundations
Imitation: Construction workers in harnesses can be seen balancing precariously inside the perfect replica of Covent Garden's Market Building as it is lowered by cranes
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The installation is lowered into Covent Garden by a large crane and right, artist Alex Chinneck wears a hard hat and hi-vis vest as he oversees work on the project
Careful: A worker perches on a thin piece of scaffolding used as a frame for the installation before it is is lowered by a crane
Awe: A woman stops to take a picture of the optical illusion as others walk through the artwork in between pillars which appear to have broken apart
Illusion: A woman looks up at the top section of the building in London's Covent Garden as it appears to hover unaided above its foundations, its walls seemingly ripped apart through the middle
A man walks under the top section of the building as it appears to hover unaided in mid-air while a woman examines the optical illusion from further away
To passers-by it seems as though the building has been torn off and is levitating with a large gap between the broken 'stone' walls, pillars and doors
The installation, named Take my Lightning but Don't steal my Thunder, was created by the artist Alex Chinneck (pictured), who is well known for creating optical illusions
Mind-bending: A passing couple peer inside the building which appears to be torn apart with one half suspended in mid-air with no support
Technical wizardry: The stunning artwork replicates Covent Garden's historic Market Building perfectly but makes it appear if it has broken free of its foundations
Imitation: Construction workers in harnesses can be seen balancing precariously inside the perfect replica of Covent Garden's Market Building as it is lowered by cranes
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The installation is lowered into Covent Garden by a large crane and right, artist Alex Chinneck wears a hard hat and hi-vis vest as he oversees work on the project
Careful: A worker perches on a thin piece of scaffolding used as a frame for the installation before it is is lowered by a crane
Awe: A woman stops to take a picture of the optical illusion as others walk through the artwork in between pillars which appear to have broken apart
Illusion: A woman looks up at the top section of the building in London's Covent Garden as it appears to hover unaided above its foundations, its walls seemingly ripped apart through the middle
A man walks under the top section of the building as it appears to hover unaided in mid-air while a woman examines the optical illusion from further away
To passers-by it seems as though the building has been torn off and is levitating with a large gap between the broken 'stone' walls, pillars and doors
