David Blaine hopes to spend 44 days suspended over the Thames River in a clear plastic box
I think of it as kind of [a] performance-art piece, and I think about visually what I like the most, like with this one. I thought it would be amazing to see a human being framed in a glass case, almost like this butterfly that I have in my apartment that someone gave me that was dead, and then a little clear-from-all-sides glass frame, I always thought it was amazing. So that's kind of where the idea originated. It also had to do with the Kafka short story called "The Hunger Artist," about this performer that put himself in a little cage and put himself on display and starved himself. So that kind of combination triggered this idea.
- David Blaine
After reading about Mr. Blaine and his impending attempt to traverse from the ridiculous to the sublime, I was overwhelmed with but one thought: WHY??
Magician David Blaine has been entombed in a block of ice and buried in a coffin for an extended period of time. Now he's in London, England, preparing for his next stunt.
Starting September 5, he will live for more than six weeks in a clear plastic box suspended from a crane over the Thames River.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but it sounds as if we have someone here who simply has WAY too much time on his hands....