Over the River with Christo & Jeanne-Claude

Aired May 23, 2006

Last year, the city of New York was awash in orange as more than 7,500 gates stood tall in Central Park, stretching more than 20 miles along the park's walkways. During that month, the nation turned its eyes to Manhattan as millions traveled to the Big Apple to walk beneath the free-flowing orange fabric of "The Gates," blowing in the cold February wind. It was the culmination of more than two decades of planning, and a triumph for the artists who created this incredible installation - Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The husband-and-wife artists are in town to discuss their next project, "Over the River," in a program presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art, at Severance Hall, starting at seven this evening. They spoke with ideastream's Dee Perry.