Philippe Petit 11/7/2009 Philippe Petit Saturday, November 7, 2009 @ 8:00 PM, Campbell Hall Man On Wire “Words can hardly do justice to Petit’s feat.” -The Village Voice “It was Philippe Petit who connected the twin towers of the World Trade Center, in an act of beauty and ecstasy…in sheer defiance of gravity.” -Werner Herzog Wild, witty, forever beguiling to all who see him, Philippe Petit has extended the boundaries of theater, music, writing, poetry, drawing and filmmaking to become an inimitable high wire artist. He is the subject of Man On Wire, the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award-winning film at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and Oscar Award-winner for Best Documentary Feature. In 1974, Petit accomplished what may be the most astounding “artistic crime” of all time: he walked a high wire illegally stretched between the rooftops of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, a quarter mile above New York City. He will discuss this and other unparalleled feats of artistry. General public $27.00 UCSB Students $15.00 Includes facility fee For tickets or more information: www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/ 805.893.3535