Max Siedentopf's guerrilla art installation allowed Tate Modern visitors to zoom in on Roger Stirk Harbour + Partner's Neo Bankside housing from Herzog & de Meuron's extension.
The temporary artwork was created as a response to Tate Modern being taken to court by residents of neighbouring Roger Stirk Harbour+ Partners-designed Neo Bankside development.

Artist Max Siedentopf put pairs of binoculars on the railings of the Switch House terrace "to help visitors to get a better and closer look" at the apartments, as part of his piece called Please Respect Our Neighbour's Privacy.
"The past couple of times I have visited Tate Modern, there was not a single artwork that has as many people gathered in fascination than in front of the Neo Bankside flats," Siedentopf told Dezeen. "At certain moments of the day there are so many people around it that it almost resembles the crowd that always surrounds the Mona Lisa in Louvre."

As part of the guerrilla art installation signs were posted along the balcony asking Tate Modern Visitors to "Please respect our neighbour's privacy", the phrase that inspired Siedentopf's title.
"They uncannily looked like captions to the artwork," Siedentopf explained.
"I love the irony of it - you have massive windows to show your fancy apartment but then no one is allowed to look inside."

Herzog & de Meuron designed the sheltered outdoor walkway, which runs around four sides of Swi...