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Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

Art installation creates chaotic spectacle and drenches woman in rainbow-coloured foam

An ambitious art installation ended up creating a chaotic spectacle when it relentlessly drenched a worker in rainbow-coloured foam.

Island of Foam: Version XVIII by German artist Stephanie Luening had been installed to 'mesmerise' onlookers and ' transform' the Greenwich Peninsula surrounding the O2 Arena in London by sending mountains of coloured liquid through the streets.

But a gust of wind turned the entire display into a foam frenzy after it suddenly began blowing the other way, causing one woman working the machine to face an onslaught thought to have lasted at least 20 minutes.

Footage showed her resolutely standing still in the same spot despite being walloped by the rainbow-coloured foam, drawing shock and admiration from those who watched on

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A public art installation in Greenwich ended up drenching one woman in foam (Jack Dredd/REX/Shutterstock)

The woman, who has not been named, came to take a bow at the end along with the artist.

Tom Davis, a student living in London, saw the incident unfold while shopping and said: "It wasn't really windy when it started.

"The foam was going down these stairs, and then all of a sudden, after like, five seconds it all started going backwards.

The woman, not named, reportedly came and bowed along with the artist at the end of the foam show (Tom Davis / SWNS)
Onlookers said a woman in charge of changing foam colours was soaked after a gust of wind moved its direction towards her (Tom Davis / SWNS)

"It lasted about twenty minutes, maybe a bit more, and this woman was stuck under the foam the whole time."

Tom said the woman appeared to be in charge for changing the colours of the foam, meaning that she couldn't move at all.

The amusing incident came during a display of Island of Foam: Version XVIII by German artist Stephanie Luening (Jack Dredd/REX/Shutterstock)


"When she arrived she was dressed really smart, like she was going out for the afternoon, smart casual, and when she left she was just completely drenched."

He added that she quickly became the "main character" of the attraction in the eyes of onlookers, despite the fact she "obviously didn't know what she was in for".

The installation took place by the O2 arena on August 3 as part of the Greenwich & Docklands International Festival.

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