For his next trick, David Blaine will be suspended from a crane in London for 44 days
So, you’re in this box…
What I’m going to be doing is building a small, completely clear glass box. It’ll be dangling from a crane near the River Thames. It’ll be about 22 1/2 ft. up, about that, and I’ll be hovering there for 44 days with absolutely nothing except for water to drink.[…]
Is this still magic? Or are we in performance-art territory here?
I think of it as art. I’m a framed human being. I’m basically building a glass frame and putting myself there to display what I think is the ultimate work of art, which is human suffering.
Lo