Inventions and Illusions at The Southbank Centre
Jochen Dehn, the performance artist whose lessons, demonstrations, workshops and experiments, are consistently doomed to partial failure (total failure would constitute too much of an achievement), will be hosting a class at the London Southbank Centre from 11 June to 11 July.
Guaranteed to be highly entertaining, the class will explore the basic techniques used to execute magic tricks and illusions.
By using simple gestures of both attention and distraction, Dehn will show how to reshape, close and refill an empty drink’s can; make three different playing cards become one; show how solid objects can become penetrable; and demonstrate how to make someone disappear in a box. The class will look at simple objects (and techniques) in an attempt to create new uses for them and to evaluate their potential for magic.
For more information about the class and many others like it, you can visit The Wide Open School website here.