How to watch David Blaine\u2019s insane \u2018Ascension\u2019 stunt live David Blaine[jwplayer mgzBNoPb]Famous magician, performance artist and all-around enigma David Blaine is making a comeback with one of his wildest stunts yet \u2014 and you can watch it as it happens, live, online. For those not in the loop (or those young enough to not have witnessed his televised tricks in the late nineties), Blaine revolutionized how performance art was viewed and received, becoming massively popular for focusing on the audience\u2019s reaction to his wild achievements, rather than the performances, themselves. How to watch \u2018Ascension\u2019 Fans can tune in to \u2018Ascension\u2019 on Blaine\u2019s YouTube channel, which is scheduled to go live on September 2 at 6 AM PST (9 AM EST \/ 1 PM GMT). We\u2019ve embedded the stream below, for your convenience. Ascension marks Blaine\u2019s first live stream since 2012, where he electrocuted himself while standing on top of a 72-foot-tall pillar in New York City. Known for such antics as being buried in a plastic box underground (which was also placed beneath a 3-ton tank full of water) for three days, attempting to stand inside a block of ice for 72 hours, and other such feats, Blaine is just as famous for his wild acts as he is for his cool and unimpressed demeanor, which has inspired quite a few internet parodies (how could we forget David Blaine Street Magic: YouTube Edition?). Now, the magician famous for revolutionizing performance art in the early 2000s is making a major comeback with a brand-new stunt \u2014 and this time, he\u2019s going farther than he\u2019s ever gone before. Literally. What is \u2018Ascension?\u2019 Blaine shocked the internet by announcing a live stream for a stunt called \u2018Ascension\u2019 on August 12, which initially announced the event for August 31. The promotional video for the stunt featured a balloon soaring into a cloudy sky, seeming to hint at something involving flight \u2014 and curious fans weren\u2019t too off the mark with their forthcoming theories. \u2018Ascension\u2019 is Blaine\u2019s latest, highly-ambitious project, which tasks him with flying all the way from New York to Arizona at a height of 18,000 feet with the help of 52 weather balloons. Originally only hoping to fly to New York from New Jersey, Blaine upped the ante by increasing his travels by some 2,000 miles \u2014 but in doing so, had to account for the weather, postponing Ascension to September 2 due to potentially unfavorable conditions. Considering how wild his previous acts have been, there\u2019s no telling what will come of \u2018Ascension.\u2019 One thing is for certain, though; we can\u2019t wait to see how it will turn out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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