by Noah Levine | Mar 11, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Magic News
It’s hard not to feel a twinge of respect for old school scam artists. There is something downright artisanal about the pickpocket, the confidence man, the card cheat, and the forger. Each is in possession of knowledge that cannot be learned in books, and skills that...
by Jon Racherbaumer | Feb 23, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
PERSONS, PLOTTING AND A WISHFUL WELL Plot – A sequence of events in a play, novel, movie, or similar work. Magicians palaver a lot about plots and plotting. Then they usually ask questions regarding “presentational plots” and the effects/affects these plots are...
by Jon Racherbaumer | Jan 30, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
Conjuring Arts is very proud to have Jon Racherbaumer writing an exclusive periodical for us. FLIBBERTY-GIBBERTY will appear from time to time and at Jon’s whim. F IS FOR “FAKE” AND “FUTILE” Magicians are in a unique position to be cavalier about fakers and...
by Noah Levine | Jan 29, 2015 | Articles, Artifacts, Magic News
In 2011, I got a call from the librarian at Conjuring Arts, asking if I could spend “a day or so” looking through some books that had recently been donated. When I arrived, the place was filled from floor to ceiling with newly arrived boxes. And you...
by David Blaine | Jan 29, 2015 | Articles, Magic News, Magicians
To peer into the future of magic, it helps to start by looking at its past. If I were to perform for you the first known card trick to have been written down, it would be very likely to fool you just as it fooled audiences in Italy in 1478. The techniques behind it...
by Conjuring Arts | Jan 16, 2015 | Articles, Magic News
Our great friend Ricky Jay is being honored as the next American Master. The landmark series has chosen last year’s documentary about Ricky to launch their new season on January 23rd at 9pm. From Ricky Jay’s website: Launching the series’ 29(th)...
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