Tilda Swinton Ready For Glass House

11 June 2009

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Tilda Swinton wants to live in a glass box for a week.

The Oscar-winning actress slept in the clear container for eight hours a day, seven days a week as an exhibition piece at the Serpentine Gallery in 1995, and, although she got shingles because of the stunt, she would love to do it again.

She said: "I still want to make that piece again. I was very ill for five months after it. And I do think it had something to do with the strain of endurance… of being looked at by 22,000 people over the course of a week."

Tilda had wanted to return to the box when she was pregnant with her 11-year-old twins, Xavier and Honor, but ruled it out after deciding it could be "a little dicey".

I am very fortunate there has been a lot of understanding by the men.

Meanwhile, Tilda has revealed her open relationship is "the best thing" for her children.

The 48-year-old Scottish actress lives with her partner John Byrne and the twins but also has a romantic relationship with artist Sandro Kopp.

Swinton said: "It may seem odd but it is certainly the best thing for the children.

"It's not something I try to promote as a radical lifestyle choice. But it's a situation I find very healthy. I can maintain my life with my children and their father and spend time with the man I've become very fond of.

"I am very fortunate there has been a lot of understanding by the men."

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