British artist Alex Chinneck has unveiled an installation that sees an old Milanese building ripped open by giant zips.
On show on Via Tortona for the duration of Milan design week, the installation sees one of the building's 17-metre-wide facades peeling back, and also creates openings in its interior walls and floor.

"Ethereal light pours through each opening, filling the space with colour and filling the work with a sense of positivity and potential," said Chinneck.
"By taking familiar materials and architectural forms and making them behave in extraordinary ways, we are working with Iqos to change visitors' perceptions of what is possible."

The project is the artist's first in Italy. He came to prominence through a series of installations in London and the south-east of the UK, including Telling the Truth Through False Teeth, a project in which he fitted 312 identical broken window panes in an abandoned factory in London's Hackney.
At the time he said that he "kept it playful" with the zipping element in his work ? something he has sought to replicate in the exhibition in Milan.
"We have designed a series of immersive experiences that present our material world in a new light. Familiarity is infused with fantasy as we playfully and literally stretch each visitor's perception of what is possible," said Chinneck.
Alex Chinneck's installation is at Spazio Quattrocento, Via Tortona 31, Milan 20144 from 8 to 14 April.
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