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Catherine Yass - 26:58

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This interview was aired on November 21st 2008

Sarah Lightman  interviews Catherine Yass about her most recent exhibition 'High Wire', at the German Gymnasium, London. In 'High Wire'  Catherine filmed Didier Pasquette as he walked on a wire between two high rise buildings on Glasgow's Red Road. In the four screen film the viewer is aware of the brutal and enormous architecture  as well as the vulnerability, the danger, and the extraordinary power of the artist's and wire-walker's imagination. The exhibition also includes a new series of Yass' lightboxes which evolved from the project at Red Road.  Questions considered include how is walking on a high wire a metaphor for living,  and how does this work relate to previous projects by Catherine including 'Lock' filmed at the Three Gorges Dam, 'Descent' at Canary Wharf, and 'Wall' following the barrier between Israel and Palestinian Territories?