German street performer defies gravity!


	German street performer defies gravity!

Babe_ORiley

2-12-2009 6:31 AM

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2-12-2009 6:37 AM

JediKnut

Looks real too! Wouldn't have figured it out without the explanation!

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A German street performer took time to impress commuters as he seemingly 
  defied gravity leaning against a wall in Madrid. 
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Crowds gathered to marvel at Johan Lorbeer, an artist and illusionist known in 
  his home country of Germany. 
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Famous for his "Still-Life" Performances, the artists usually 
  features in an apparently impossible position such as sitting down without a 
  chair or dressing up as a street cleaner and standing horizontally out from 
  a wall high above the street. 
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Installations he is known for in Germany include "Proletarian Mural and "Tarzan". </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4600225/German-street-performer-defies-gravity-to-astonishment-of-commuters.html"><P>
Pictured here at Madrid's Atocha train station, he has been known to remain 
  elevated for hours at a time as citizens and tourists look on surprised. 
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Unfortunately however Mr Lorbeer has not mastered the power of levitation and 
  the gravity-defying feat is merely a stunt. 
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His outstretched "arm" that he uses to lean against the wall is 
  actually a support beam that he is then harnessed to. The real arm is really 
  tucked inside his clothes. 
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