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Art: Alex Chinneck slides the whole front off a house. No big deal.

Date
3 October 2013

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We came across Alex Chinneck a few years back when he was smashing windows of an old factory so that each pane of glass cracked in exactly the same way. Brilliant. Now he’s up to no good again in Margate, where he’s taken an abandoned house and slid the entire front off it. No big deal. As you’ll see from this video, Alex is the perfect combination of creative, slightly mad and very friendly, making the project a joy for himself and the locals alike. More photos of "From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes can be found over here on his site.

A child stands in front of a red brick house, wearing a black velvet jacket over a patterned dress. A low stone wall and a red metal fence separate them from the building.
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Alex Chinneck: From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes

White handwritten text on a black background reads “From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes”. A second line below reads “A new outdoor artwork by Alex Chinneck”.
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Alex Chinneck: From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes

Two people stand on a sunny residential street lined with brick buildings. One person wears a flat cap and a dark jacket, holding a white piece of paper.
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Alex Chinneck: From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes

Two people in high-visibility vests stand on a construction site. They are positioned in front of metal scaffolding and a brick building.
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Alex Chinneck: From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes

A person stands in front of a narrow red brick house with a collapsed roof. The building is squeezed between two larger, traditional London townhouses.
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Alex Chinneck: From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes

A person stands outdoors in front of a red brick building, wearing a blue jacket, brown jumper and a flat cap. In the foreground, a weathered stone pillar and a red metal fence with gold spikes frame the scene.
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Alex Chinneck: From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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