Candy like David Blaine and Chris Angel
Spectators on the street amazed, with apparently impomptu presented miracles and effects. Most people understand that today as a street magic. Here crown corks are conjured up in bottles, laces bind by themselves, rings wander out of their hand in their pocket and cards just pulled just hang on a chain that the magician wears on the neck. Streetmagic can be equated today with Impromtu magic and stands for the spurred magic on the street, bars and restaurants. Everyone wants to amaze their colleagues with the simplest means and conjure up little miracles from their pocket.
Street Magic - Once the playground for jugglers
If jugglers and street magicians such as Jim Cellini or Gazzo were once referred to as Street Magicians, the term street magic is now used for a recent movement, which was created by David Blaine, Criss Angel and Dynamo. With the busking of earlier times, when artists made the round with the hat to collect money and earn their livelihood, this has little in common. Today the stars of the streets of sponsors and television stations, which are high -ended, are paid and live in contrast to the former street magicians in hotels, instead of caravans and tents.
The origins of street magic
Already 3000 years ago and more there is first evidence of street magicians. Most of them had entertained the audience with false plays or led behind the light; They cleverly conjured up balls under cups and finally brought out lemons or oranges. The cup game is one of the oldest magic tricks and almost like a trademark for street artists. There are pictures of Hieronymous Bosch, William Hogarth and Brueghel. And in the book by Reginald Scot "Discoverie of Witchcraft", the tricks of some jugglers are exposed, which sold their arts as miracles to cut the spectators.
Magic on open street
In the summer months, the jugglers and street magicians flock back to the cities and festivals. They are just as present at the Zurich theater spectacle as at the Lenzburg juggler festival and on sea promenades and in public streets and squares. They set up their jugglers, get magic cables and cup games out of their juggling bags and Cellini Pouches and enchant young and old with the Chinese ring game and from the none that appear.