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Artist dangling horizontally out of a skyscraper

dailymail.co.uk — Dangling horizontally out of a skyscraper, this hovering figure looks set to fall to his doom. But this 'jumper' hasn't just lost it all on a game of chance - this is performance art with a difference.

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  • pentupentropy, on 04/29/2008, -10/+47that's pretty sweet. good find
  • SDFBaby, on 04/29/2008, -22/+6I really like !
  • db0255, on 04/29/2008, -36/+6already on digg. two weeks ago.
  • synystar, on 04/29/2008, -1/+215He is using props "such as metal wires". Uh...I wouldn't do that and so he is ballsier than me. Props or not.

    Art? Dunno. Ballsier? By far.
    • feshmania, on 04/29/2008, -3/+226I think it helps that all Chinese people know how to fly, too.
      • koanage, on 04/29/2008, -5/+4Only British people can fly. You shouldn't try to fly and you shouldn't listen to British people.
        • Monkeydew06, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1Correction, British people can only fly with use of an umbrella. See Travelor's Insurance or Mary Poppins.
        • therightclique, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1No sir. You shouldn't listen to pans, and you shouldn't listen to British people.
    • punkcat, on 04/29/2008, -19/+3when they get photoshop over there he will be less impressive. wires, really?
    • farTart, on 04/29/2008, -0/+73I was going to give him props, but I see he already has some.
      • b3mus3d, on 04/29/2008, -1/+2But can you really have too many in that kind of situation?
      • thoatt, on 05/04/2008, -0/+0As The Head of All Tart Tarts.. I command you to stop posting terrible puns!
    • johnomaz, on 04/29/2008, -9/+1Ya, he could have done the same thing with photoshop (as I am sure he did use in the finishing touches) and not have to deal with the wires. To be honest, I don't think the images are that great. Look kinda amateurish to me.
      • brettmurf, on 04/29/2008, -0/+6They are PERFORMANCE pieces as well. People get to walk by and go WTF.
    • pyrophire, on 04/29/2008, -2/+4Who has the right to choose what art is or isnt?
    • isaactwito, on 04/29/2008, -1/+1Yeah, except if you look really close you can see the wire in the middle, so the illusion bunk.
      • chodges4, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1you can tell its holdin up his butt...either that or he has a pointy ass
    • egonSchiele, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1speaking of art, the artist's name is Yves KLEIN. NOT Yves kline. Leave it to the dailymail to get that wrong.
  • D14BL0, on 04/29/2008, -56/+119Where the hell does Dailymail get their information from? The photographer, himself, said a LONG time ago (when these were all taken about seven years or so ago) that they're photoshops.
    • bgrah449, on 04/29/2008, -5/+24You can see the wire bumps in their shirts. Did he photoshop those in?
      • mxmj, on 04/29/2008, -2/+52And thats a real Giants arm too...
      • RationalXubrnce, on 04/29/2008, -2/+3 He might want to consider photoshopping them out.
      • WhatsUpWithJack, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1You can tell because of the pixels.
    • purplehaze420, on 04/29/2008, -3/+42Uh-huh... and where do YOU get YOUR information from? Reference to this? Links? If not then stop ruining our fun.
    • bethlagarrison, on 04/29/2008, -6/+3Sorry, but why does it matter?
      • Incomp3tnt, on 04/29/2008, -6/+6Because anyone with half a brain can do that in Photoshop. If they are 'shops (and most of them look it), then the artist is nothing special and has nothing to separate him from any other Photoshop user. That's why it matters.
        • PolarBearCa, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2He uses Photoshop to erase the wires/cables and such - the same way they do things like that in the movies.

          He really does do the dangling part, he just isn't doing it without something to keep him from dying.
          • therightclique, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1If he really cared, he'd be willing to die for his ***** art.
    • Namaha, on 04/29/2008, -1/+28[citation needed]
    • wantknowledge, on 04/29/2008, -0/+11Check out his website. These images are not being faked.

      www.liweiart.com/ART/liwei/ARTISTBIO.htm
    • GregFD3S, on 04/29/2008, -0/+26He hangs off of buildings and structures with WIRES! Then he uses Photoshop to EDIT OUT THE WIRES.

      Either way you look at it, he is still hanging off of buildings with freaking wires! Thats ballsy in my book!
    • sciz, on 04/29/2008, -1/+171.) If by "they're photoshops" you mean that the artist does not shoot on location with extensive use of wires and props, then you're incorrect. (See artist's website, cited above, which includes "making of" photographs.)

      2.) None of the pictures in the article where taken more than four years ago. (See artist's official photo page, cited above, which includes dates.)

      It's a shame to see such an inaccurate comment so dugg up... I suppose slighting Daily Mail is enough to get approval 'round here regardless.
    • luag, on 04/30/2008, -2/+2I don't think you can call him the photographer. He was busy "performing" while the real photographer pressed the shutter. So who is the real photographer?
      • bgrah449, on 04/30/2008, -1/+3All he did was meticulously construct the shot and then angle the camera to capture it in the way he wanted it to be captured - but you're right, whoever owns the finger that snapped the picture is getting his artistic credit stolen out from under him.
  • andyhite, on 04/29/2008, -0/+12I see that first photo on ImageChan a lot - interesting to see the story behind it.
  • Shadowdev, on 04/29/2008, -1/+15Jeez... just looking at that picture gives me slight vertigo.
  • tedlove, on 04/29/2008, -50/+2its gotta be fake. know how i know? cause nobody would actually hang out of a skyscraper, unless they wanted to commit suicide. and this guy doesnt want to do that... q.e.d.
    • Failchan, on 04/29/2008, -2/+7I'm sure you know everyone. Jackass.
    • AntzNZ, on 04/29/2008, -2/+8If it was supposed to be real... How the hell would he be on an angle like that? Idiot.
      • ThatsShitToo, on 04/29/2008, -2/+4Do you have no intelligence? He is obviously using the same sort of wires as in films i.e Matrix, and at his feet the wires are holding him
        slightly higher.
        • AntzNZ, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1No *****... Maybe I'm confusing what 'tedlove' actually meant by fake.
    • yournightmare, on 04/29/2008, -2/+15You know how I know it's fake? Because the artist says it's fake, that's how.
    • PyroChan, on 04/29/2008, -1/+1QFT
  • gill003, on 04/29/2008, -2/+191He's also a huge fan of the white t-shirt, jean shorts look.
    • Scape89, on 04/29/2008, -2/+10Not to mention the extremely short jean shorts...
    • seandoof, on 04/29/2008, -1/+5He's a never-nude!
    • benburned, on 04/29/2008, -0/+2just as long as it's not a black turtleneck with jeans.
      • therightclique, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1what kind of ***** would dress like that on purpose.
    • otbeverly, on 04/29/2008, -1/+2They're not called jean shorts, they're called jorts. Jorts are especially ubiquitous in the state of Florida. When coupled with a white t-shirt, the proper haircut should be a mullet.
    • Roninsama, on 04/29/2008, -0/+2what? who? Chuck norris?
    • UltraDavid, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1His fashion sense is the real artistic license here.
  • madmax85, on 04/29/2008, -31/+5Fake, you can see the wires...
  • green94, on 04/29/2008, -3/+40I've been known to hang out of buildings horizontally in my spare time, what's the big deal?
    • itsgotyou, on 04/29/2008, -1/+5The big deal is you didn't take pix like he did.
    • staffa, on 04/29/2008, -0/+3Lying passed out on the floor as the automatic door repeatedly slams into your head isn't quite as amusing.

      Actually maybe it is.
    • iiBeLiEvE, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1With great power comes great responsibility.
  • H1tchh1k3r, on 04/29/2008, -15/+4photoshopped
    • July272007, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1Beat me to it. By the way people of digg whoever this is he wants you to digg you up or down. Ignore him completely
  • NYCowboy, on 04/29/2008, -9/+2very cool stuff
  • vcudigg, on 04/29/2008, -2/+26He's an amazing artist. There is a lot of talent in China today. He is one of my favorites! Here's his (Li Wei) website: http://www.liweiart.com/
  • Dylson, on 04/29/2008, -14/+2***** psycho ass son of a bitch.
  • RoshanK, on 04/29/2008, -8/+5Even though his paintings sell for so much, I don't think he can afford a different pair of clothes.
  • louiebaur, on 04/29/2008, -6/+2Cool looking artwork
  • AlexTommo, on 04/29/2008, -2/+1I've only seen the picture where he appears to be falling out of a skyscraper.
    Didn't know the guy was actually an artist. Amazing pictures.
    • fredtehcat, on 04/29/2008, -2/+3Because it's only art when someone tells you it is!
  • sarcoside, on 04/29/2008, -6/+1Ahh, technology- what a trip!
  • hellbent88, on 04/29/2008, -5/+22I dont think any one has told him we have photoshop now......
    • mxmj, on 04/29/2008, -8/+12It is photoshop. The dailymail is retarded.
      • crossmr, on 04/29/2008, -0/+3still waiting for someone to pony up the evidence on that.
      • wantknowledge, on 04/29/2008, -0/+8It isn't photoshop. On the bio section of the artists website there are photos that show the prep work being done for some of his performances.

        www.liweiart.com/ART/liwei/ARTISTBIO.htm
    • seantubridy, on 04/29/2008, -3/+24"I dont think any one has told him we have photoshop now......"

      That's like saying no one should learn to cook because we can all buy frozen meals. Sometimes it's more fun and more worth it to create photographs without the assistance of Photoshop.
      • DephexTwin, on 04/29/2008, -3/+2Well, it's not like cooked food is indistinguishable from or possibly worse than frozen dinners....
      • Fawllen, on 05/01/2008, -0/+0Spot on! :)
    • elshizzo, on 04/29/2008, -2/+7actually they ARE photoshopped. If you go to his websiite it shows videos of how his pictures are made, and they shop out the wires/ropes holding him in a lot of them.
      • andrew1338, on 04/29/2008, -0/+7Yeah, thats true, but the implication when someone says they're shopped is that he was never actually in the predicaments depicted. In fact, if he was just hanging on wires, they he was. It just wasn't in a dangerous, uncontrolled way that it appears. i would call removing wires post-processing, not photoshopping.
      • Mercedes383, on 04/29/2008, -0/+10You're dead right, but what a lot of people are getting at is that they think the artist himself is composited into the scene.and that he never used rigging to hold him in those positions in the first place.

        I may be pointing out the obvious, but for some reason certain Digg articles tend to a attract a particularly resilient strain of retard.
    • ThreeDee912, on 04/29/2008, -1/+1It's actually pretty easy to fake a video. Just hold the camera on it's side while a person lies against a blue screen wall. Then take a video of people waving out of a window. Then blend the two together, removing the blue screen background.
  • DrDragun, on 04/29/2008, -3/+2* Shudder *

    Great photos, they definitely produce the intended response in me.
  • Smegzor, on 04/29/2008, -3/+6Dugg to read later when I'm feeling more brave.
    • Jwoey, on 04/29/2008, -1/+13make sure to let us know all the reasons you digg stories.
  • Wiinii, on 04/29/2008, -4/+3Great, maybe these pics will afford him another set of clothes.
  • gwyrth, on 04/29/2008, -2/+1Dangle Art
  • SpectreFire, on 04/29/2008, -6/+2"The artist says people do get a little worried about him"
    • earthceltic, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2the diggers say you quote too much to get diggs
  • Doomsan, on 04/29/2008, -7/+1Artist? he's a wackjob!, very cool though.
  • CatalunyaBob, on 04/29/2008, -2/+3Pretty freakin' freaky!
  • lukak, on 04/29/2008, -4/+1wait...what?
  • Sonhja, on 04/29/2008, -11/+1 Compleatly awesome!
  • Sonhja, on 04/29/2008, -12/+1Completely awesome!
  • rikwakefield, on 04/29/2008, -5/+3Mind = blown
  • jeff715, on 04/29/2008, -0/+3He should do that with a plane.
  • TexasFlood93, on 04/29/2008, -3/+10Very good work, sir.
    I award you ten internets.
  • Teh1337Pirate, on 04/29/2008, -15/+5QUIT REPOSTING THIS. This is atleast the second time I've seen this on the front page in the last couple of weeks.
    • corkdorkdan, on 04/29/2008, -2/+16Maybe you should get a life and not be on Digg 24/7.
    • arcticsoft, on 04/29/2008, -4/+2I agree. Ive seen his similar picture promoted on adobes home page for 6 months (just refresh a few times then mouse over the perfect unity thing). Buried as old as ive seen it tons of time around the net.
  • vwvan, on 04/29/2008, -2/+3pure genius
  • Smoble, on 04/29/2008, -7/+2pictures are nice, but does he really have to wear that exact same set of clothes in all the shots. I don't think these were all taken on the same day, you think that the people taking the pictures were like "wtf he has that on again?" this guy is like freaking Doug Funny from the old Nick show, always wearing the same thing because his closet is full with all the same clothes.
    on another side note I tried to leave this comment on the actual page with the pictures and couldn't because after I hit submit the page started throwing image test after image test at me to make sure I was a human and not a robot. They were not stopping! haha
  • pcsperson, on 04/29/2008, -1/+2Wow that is really creative, those photos just look so real!
  • kungfumaniac, on 04/29/2008, -0/+2Yves Klein shrugs.
  • Khevenhuller, on 04/29/2008, -0/+12Those photos are fun to look at, but they cost $8000? Wtf? I guess we all just got about $50,000 worth of entertainment reading this article.
    • arcticsoft, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1he must have upped his price when adobe started using his photo as marketing material.
  • mjpanzer, on 04/29/2008, -0/+22Tobias would be proud of those cut-offs
    • Fishn2, on 04/29/2008, -1/+0That's the first thing that came to my mind too.

      He's a nevernude!
    • loganhuddleston, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2Dugg for Arrested Development.
  • checkacheck, on 04/29/2008, -1/+7I really hate Digging pages from the Daily Mail, but these images are cool
  • dmadip, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1great work!!! I wish i took that much planning in to account for my photography, or any planning for that matter
  • jvangurp, on 04/29/2008, -5/+3This is an ancient story - at lease a year old.
  • efitz11, on 04/29/2008, -2/+15dugg for sparta kick
  • spleen22, on 04/29/2008, -0/+4***** brilliant. The one that made me chuckle is where his head the only thing submerged in the water.
  • shoc, on 04/29/2008, -5/+5while the art itself is brilliant, the image isn't real. it's a combination of wires, mirrors, scaffolding and photoshop.

    snopes: http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/manfalling.a ...
    • kihadat, on 04/29/2008, -0/+4no ***** *****. Read the goddam article.
  • JointVenture, on 04/29/2008, -2/+1So Steve O is an artist?
  • sashapave, on 04/29/2008, -0/+3Not a lotta room for mistake is there?
  • donkeySays, on 04/29/2008, -1/+1I remember seeing this one ( http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05_01/LiWei5 ... ) and thinking "hmm photoshop, not bad".
  • Kali075, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1just looking at those makes my stomach jump x.x
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