The Magician – enquiring about practice #1
A key element of enquiry for me when working practically in bizarre magick was my role in the creation of…
A key element of enquiry for me when working practically in bizarre magick was my role in the creation of…
Historically, the apparent ability to contact spirits has provided a wealth of opportunities for deception by performers. Magicians have had…
*The film is now available to watch on the Media of Mediumship YouTube channel* An aptitude for deception is all…
“Objects have histories. Some have souls” (Chelman, 1993, p. 65) In many ways, performance magic is about the props, the…
I read something this week that got me thinking again about the photographs I took last summer. The series entitled…
I’m very interested in the notion of the (performance) magic(al) object. Aileen Robinson (2014) in ‘“All Transparent”: Pepper’s Ghost, Plate…
I find it useful to think of performance magic props as a technology. In theatre we often talk about theatre…
The challenge I have as an academic is that I am both inside and outside of my research. I cannot…
The notion of what constitutes the role of the trick in magic performance raises a number of questions, two of…
A transcription of a research seminar delivered 31/03/21 The seminar itself is now live: Thank you for inviting me to…
In a few weeks time I shall be presenting on practice research as part of the Spring 2021 LINES OF…