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A few years back, the actress Tilda Swinton slept in a glass display case in London‘s Serpentine museum in the name of art. That concept was a push for some, but now the American street magician. performance artist and all-round mentalist David Blaine is attempting to stretch the boundaries of art and endurance to snapping point with his latest ~ deranged stunt. gout '>' The riaixta 1; Having frozen his tight buns off atop a huge Another :la\.. a'tr:l"(2' "we: law was; :attrllr‘arks; column for days, and been encased in a block of man Buyer s;r:r:r:rr~ ll‘lf‘) l me a rrxx (,l l)a‘.l<l ice. Blaine is now on his way to London. There tl"‘e the BBC T'It‘f‘» to Home 5er ;'.'.'l‘a".f;tlr;>. he intends to live in a glass box suspended from irrztk .-.rtrr a norm/t, it me a crane over the Thames without food or atyoat a mark taunt; raver: /<,-," Hariitttirnr‘ occupation for 44 days. Channel 4 viewers can rarer; the 3: MP east of am: tll‘lif: re.ar:le share in the ‘thrill' of Blaine entering the l (I"(l<)l‘r 0"“, there are {lllt.(?’.l’_‘,lf;'l‘, tree rai‘orm; oversized coffin in a one-off special, then 'tzt Jokes; Site‘s. m; a n; emer‘traii, .."l:a." inevitably follow the heartthrob magician's farml‘. Stalin“; at earth glj.lY"‘£tf;I;<“; fake" tr: progress online. otlte' T"(3 ta'r‘rltr:s; exf'e'r‘r» arr-'1 (tar‘r;er<>af; Now call me an old sceptic, but apart from the do am: therr (ttldl'igt a renew Ami ‘t wakes f< :r obvious problems of potty stops (presumably iarrrrhter tram. :lees; no: walla"? '.(3l(*.:f;rr:l‘- A Blaine will be fitted with a colostomy bag which rr‘ake f;()ll‘.(?llllltll a (treat ir‘rxttire ol eye will do nothing to cement his sexy image) and. corr‘erly lire remit If; a oorxnrro '.r:;rra_ you know, starvation. it’s hard to see how this f§lt()‘.‘.’ whreh r3; like a entertain:er arrrt feat of endurance can create riveting television. l)l£l(it\‘.(:lf31()l‘ ol thought {llflhfmrltrt When Harry Houdini went over Niagara Falls in a farm; except althout rrrorterrr t:.":‘< morn. barrel, and wrestled free from a straitjacket held the Surreal hrts; amt 2:!th atxrr.” r’ ;)':r.'r),',‘ .f; Izm- together with chains. people flocked to watch even fewer labgltt‘». ".()tt::r‘.<_; ,rnr' .e exer because it was usually over in a heart-stopping llaxtllg; ear/rt that. there seer: hefore flash. Blaine‘s stunt may prove something of a are a maple o.‘ thrrros; Moat; .Jo'rrts;t(>r‘er curiosity, but is hardly a breathtaking spectacle. that Stop [he (Pours/res; And clicking on a website to watch a man lying from being one of the in a box makes Big Brother look as exciting a ‘.'.'or‘5;t pr'ogrrarrrrves; mm 8802' Thu 11 television event as the ‘Who Shot JR?‘ episode made. Decent <i()lt‘l(2 Sep‘ 10pm .. of Dallas. (Allan Radcliffe) oerforrrtarlriet; frorr‘ ter

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