- David Blaine -
Dope on a Rope.
And
there he was - David Blaine - the dope on a rope - hanging there
in his plexiglass cage.
Is this art?
And what does it say about
our culture? :-)
These pictures were taken on October 4th 2003, as David
had been at it for some 30 days
- with 14 days to go up there in
the cage.
Impressions:
The whole thing had a carnival atmosphere to it!
Indeed, Blaine's act of imprisonment seemed to have a liberating effect on
everyone else.
Stay there long enough and you would begin to
forget your own daily routine.
You would meet all sorts of interesting new
people etc.
At least so, according to one newspaper report:
''It says
something about our own form of solitary confinement that it
takes a man in a glass box to get us to open up to other human
beings.''
'Why?'
What drives him? Is it self-fulfilment, money, vanity,
exhibitionism?
Or is it just a sign of the times - Lunacy? Pure
and simple?
What has six sides and thinks it's Jesus? David Blaine in a plexi-glass box.
(This page was
last updated October 12th 2003)