{"id":8012,"date":"2015-09-07T13:06:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T12:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/?p=8012"},"modified":"2024-01-11T12:04:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:04:34","slug":"the-clouds-are-rolling-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/the-clouds-are-rolling-in","title":{"rendered":"The clouds are rolling in&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past week my Instagram has been full of clouds, not the ones indicating the end of the Summer, but a huge balloon cloud that has gathered over Covent Garden. It looked so cool, I had to check it out.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8014\" src=\"\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cloud-1.jpg\" alt=\"cloud-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/the-clouds-are-rolling-in?img=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cloud-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/the-clouds-are-rolling-in&text=The clouds are rolling in...\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/the-clouds-are-rolling-in&media=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cloud-1.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>This Instagram eye-candy is the latest piece from\u00a0Charles P\u00e9tillon, his first live work outside of France. Titled &#8216;Heartbeat&#8217; P\u00e9tillon wanted to\u00a0&#8216;represent the Market Building as the beating heart of this area \u2013 connecting its past with the present day to allow visitors to re-examine its role at the heart of London\u2019s life.&#8217; He goes on to explain that &#8216;each balloon has its own dimensions and yet is part of a giant but fragile composition that creates a floating cloud above the energy of the market below.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8015\" src=\"\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cloud-2.jpg\" alt=\"cloud-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/the-clouds-are-rolling-in?img=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cloud-2.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/the-clouds-are-rolling-in&text=The clouds are rolling in...\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/the-clouds-are-rolling-in&media=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cloud-2.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>This energy became more apparent when illuminated by huge lights hidden between the pearly white balloons. Lit up, it transformed the room into an extremely atmospheric space that encapsulated the excitement of the busy market. Artsy metaphors aside, it was a really beautiful and impressive piece that is well worth a visit. The cloud will loom over London&#8217;s famous market until 27th September, and while you&#8217;re there you can always treat yourself to a custom made magnum from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magnumicecream.com\/uk\/inside-magnum\/pleasure-store.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magnum Pleasure Store<\/a>. Well, that is if you can brave the pretty lengthy queue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past week my Instagram has been full of clouds, not the ones indicating the end of the Summer, but a huge balloon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":15040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[789],"tags":[45,423,67,424],"class_list":["post-8012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design-make","tag-london","tag-magnum-pleasure-store","tag-market","tag-market-building"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8012"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25046,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8012\/revisions\/25046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}