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AlexanderS New user Austria 16 Posts |
Hello members of the Magic Café!
Recently I have been thinking a lot about the future and development of todays life in general. So due to the fact that magic shows completely changed over the past 50/100 years, I want to know your opinion on the magic show of the future. What do you think: How will they differ from todays shows? Performance style? Probably some new genres? etc. etc. I am looking forward to your opinions and visions on the future of magic. Yours, Alexander |
Tukaram Loyal user Iloilo, Philippines 227 Posts |
I think in the high tech world we live in people are getting jaded. It will take a lot more to impres them. It could lead to some great creativity though. No matter what... it should be a fun ride.
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GS121002 Veteran user but he still can't help build a border wall with only 313 Posts |
I think the future of Magic will be Virtual Reality!
I remember doing a 200 page research project on this for Paul Harris 16-18 years ago.... Now where did I put that material?
Gary Salisbury
San Diego, CA It's a fact! - Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. (This line censored by Dave Scribner because it is in Latin) - What you believe is real, is real! Who was that masked man and what is he all about? - https://www.pinterest.com/garydsalisbury/ |
Zlwin Chew Elite user Malaysian Magician with 437 Posts |
Marco Tempest has all the answers.
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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9987 Posts |
Magic will be stronger than ever -- it is imagination that will die.
Demonstrations of arcane arts like adding numbers on a piece of paper or finding a person's name in a phone book will seem very magical. A person find a location by using a folding map will be considered a Mentalist, and a person demonstrating a slide rule will risk being burned at the stake.
"the more one pretends at magic, the more awe and wonder will be found in real life." Arnold Furst
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Kabbalah Inner circle 1621 Posts |
Magnets!
"Long may magicians fascinate and continue to be fascinated by the mystery potential in a pack of cards."
~Cliff Green "The greatest tricks ever performed are not done at all. The audience simply think they see them." ~ John Northern Hilliard |
David Todd Inner circle 2328 Posts |
I wish I could remember where it was , but recently when I was reading through some old Genii magazines from the 30's or 40's I found a quote from someone pondering whether magic had any future in light of all these newfangled technological advances like radio , television , etc . ? How could people continue to be impressed by magic in light of all this amazing technology ?
In my view the biggest blow from technology seems to be the cheapening of magic by the proliferation of unskilled people exposing magic (or doing "tutorials" which is just another name for exposing) on YouTube . The venerable 'Magician's Code" is no more . The rule to practice, practice, practice until it's perfect before you perform it in public is no more. Some kid buys the latest wonder from an internet magic shop (or more likely illegally downloads it from a torrent site ,unless it requires a specially made prop or gimmick) , pops in the DVD , spends 15 minutes playing around with the trick , then sits in front of his webcam to make a "tutorial" (expose) of how it works ("Hi, guys, pretty cool , huh ? Add comments below and give me a "Like" ... and do you have any other tricks you want to share ?" ) . Of course under-rehearsed performances by amateurs is nothing new either ,but before YouTube they didn't have such a wide platform to foist their lousy performances on the rest of the world. It's not so much the crass exposures that hurt in the long run, but the general cheapening and lack of respect for the art form . |
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