Ebook - The Neat Review (Issue Four) by Alex Hansford (Digital Download)
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Unveiling The Neat Review: Issue Four - A Global Odyssey in Magic and Art
Embark on an unparalleled journey around the world with 'The Neat Review: Issue Four,' a meticulously curated digital download that transcends traditional magic publications. This issue serves as your passport to an extraordinary collection of interviews, never-before-seen routines, and deep philosophical musings from some of the most influential minds in magic and performance art today. Prepared by Alex Hansford, this installment is a testament to the diverse and ever-evolving landscape of our craft.
Exclusive Insights from Master Minds
Your adventure begins in Los Angeles, where you'll go backstage with the acclaimed Helder Guimarães, gaining an intimate look at his groundbreaking virtual shows at the Geffen Playhouse. Then, cross the Atlantic to London to meet Guy Hollingworth, who generously shares an unpublished, full-length card routine and offers a sneak peek into his highly anticipated follow-up to the legendary 'Drawing Room Deceptions.'
Unpublished Routines and Profound Theory
Next, we visit Raleigh, North Carolina, to connect with underground legend Dennis Kim. In 38 pages of searing detail, Kim reveals a very difficult yet exquisitely beautiful Three-Fly card routine. A short hop to Berlin introduces you to Will Houstoun, who teaches an 'impossible' mentalism effect, designed to be performed 'everywhere and, curiously, nowhere.' The exploration continues in Paris with FISM-winner Pierric, as he delves into the nuanced art of understating magic and performance. In Toronto, Shawn DeSouza-Coelho shares footnotes to his upcoming book, 'Magic as Medium,' exploring aesthetic philosophy in magic under our NEAT REVIEW imprint. Finally, in Beijing, artist Liu Bolin describes his captivating disappearing acts performed across the globe, offering a unique perspective on visibility and perception. Just before journey's end, we pause in England's North Wessex Downs with Robert Gill, who, with tongue firmly in cheek, poses the fundamental question: 'What is Magic?' He leaves us, thankfully, with a penultimate definition.
A Comprehensive Collection of Ideas
This fourth issue truly encapsulates a world of ideas. London, Los Angeles, Raleigh, Berlin, Paris, Toronto, Beijing, and the North Wessex Downs — it's an expansive list for a single art journal. 'The Neat Review: Issue Four' manages to contain this rich tapestry of creativity, offering a unique blend of practical magic, profound philosophical debate, and artistic inspiration. Dive into these brimming ideas and discover the magic for yourself.
Original Specs
Issue Four takes us all over the world.
We go to Los Angeles with Helder Guimarães as he takes us backstage at his virtual shows at the Geffen Playhouse, then to London where Guy Hollingworth shares an unpublished, full-length card routine, and showcases his nearly-finished follow-up to his incredible Drawing Room Deceptions. We visit Raleigh, in North Carolina, and meet underground legend Dennis Kim, who, in 38 pages of searing detail, tips a very difficult and very beautiful Three-Fly with cards. Then, dear readers, a stones throw to Berlin, where Will Houstoun teaches an impossible mentalism effect that you will be able to perform everywhere and, curiously, nowhere.
We hop to Paris with FISM-winner Pierric, who discusses understating magic and performance art, and over to Toronto, with Shawn DeSouza-Coelho, who shares some footnotes to his upcoming book on aesthetic philosophy in magic under our NEAT REVIEW imprint, 'Magic as Medium.' Then finally, to Beijing, with artist Liu Bolin, who describes precisely why he is disappearing all over the globe. Then, just before home-time, we stop off by the North Wessex Downs in England, where Robert Gill muses, with tongue-firmly-in-cheek, "What is Magic?" Thankfully, he leaves us with a penultimate definition.
London, Los Angeles, Raleigh, Berlin, Paris, Toronto, Beijing, and the North Wessex Downs.
Quite a list for a fourth issue. It would be incredibly difficult, you would surmise, to imagine all of that being contained inside a single art journal. But indeed, this is THE NEAT REVIEW Issue Four, and contain it all we do—or at least we try. The ideas are a-brimming inside these lithographically printed and sewn-bound pages, and you'd be very welcome to buy one and see them for yourself, if that's what you fancy.
