Philippe Petit

has walked the wire at very high altitudes on more than eighty occasions. Besides being a wire-walker, he is an illusionist, a street artist, a visual artist, an entrepreneur, an orator and a writer. An assiduous guest on TED and at other conferences, he has also authored and illustrated many books, including To Reach the Clouds (2008) – on which is based James Marsh’s Man on Wire, 2009 Oscar for Best Documentary –, Treatise on Wire-Walking (2009) and Creativity (July 2014), Italian editions published by Ponte alle Grazie. He is currently planning two new crossings on Easter Island and at the New York Public Library.

Interpreter: Marina Astrologo.