6 principles of magic - live performance

A while ago, I posted a video of a very short sponge ball routine I was working on, for a conference in which I was invited to give a talk about the science of magic. This is the video of the actual performance during the conference.

A few notes: the main goal for this routine was to introduce a bit of magic to the audience that would allow to transition to the main topic, which was the control of attention from a neuroscience point of view. The whole talk lasted only 8 minutes, so the magic had to be really quick, to the point, and hopefully impactful.

I think this worked quite well, considering the limitations I had, although obviously it was the first time I performed it for a live audience, so if I were to keep this in my repertoire, it would certainly get better and smoother. The pacing of it, especially, needs to be improved to let each effect sink in.

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Entertainment

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• magic
• sponge balls
• trick
• magic trick
• effect
• magic effect
• performance
• live
• conference

[colinhasmagicskillz]

@unmungo That would be delightful, I am indeed interested!

[unmungo]

@colinhasmagicskillz Well, since you asked:

fora.tv/2010/11/06/Wonderfest_­2010_Neuromagic_with_Luigi_Anz­ivino

[MimicMyMotions]

Well done! You sound a bit like Tommy Wonder, one of my favourite magicians.

[unmungo]

@MimicMyMotions Thank you very much! Tommy is a big inspiration for me, so I take that as a great compliment!

[countelmsley]

Good job!

[unmungo]

@countelmsley Thank you sir!

[colinhasmagicskillz]

@unmungo Only just got round to watching it there; truly intriguing, very well done!

[unmungo]

@colinhasmagicskillz Thank you very much! They are still editing it, but I will happily link to it from here once it's online. It will sadly be edited down to less than 5 minutes, from the original 8 or so, so I'm not sure how clear the end result will be... But thanks for your interest. I have a much longer (30 min) similar lecture online if you are interested...

[colinhasmagicskillz]

Very nice indeed! I like your presentation style in general, perhaps we could see the whole talk? It sounds interesting