RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul. 9, 2009

Going Vertical: Brothers Live On Building's Wall

Artist Brothers Live Over The Edge, Install 'living Space' On Building Wall In Brazil

(AP)  Two brothers in Rio are living over the edge _ literally: sleeping, working and eating on the side of a building 33 feet (10 meters) up in the air. Twenty-seven-year-old Tiago Primo and his 20-year-old brother Gabriel spend 12 hours a day in the bed, hammock, chair and dining table they've attached to a bright red-and-yellow wall as part of an art exhibit in Rio's old center.

The brothers are equipped with mountain climbing gear, and if nature calls, can scramble over to the verandah of a neighboring art gallery, where an indoor bathroom awaits.

The brothers have been hanging out wall-side since the end of May. They plan to continue the display until Aug. 20.



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by toldyouso29 July 11, 2009 1:59 AM EDT
Thought it might be Os Gemeos...ah well.
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by ajjaxtheleast July 10, 2009 3:29 PM EDT
Not often do we get to observe these people before IT
happens and while they're still alive.

Here we can have medical and shrink doctors stick
their heads out of the windows and collect the
information to isolate the motivating gene
or particular sinap and if possible
eliminate it from the scheme of
mankind's advancing evolution.

10 stories up,,,,"artists" laying in a hammock,,,

REAL artists could'nt physically or mentally
abandon their art for 5 MONTHS,,,
,,should'nt they have an easel attached to the
building and be painting 12 hours a day?
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