These lecture notes were prepared for Gabi’s participation at Buffalo Get Together in October 2014, a year later they were re-edited in a more suitable format for The Session 2016 where Gabi delivered a lecture.

There notes are divided in three parts, each of them is based on theoretical article previously written by Gabi that that was rewritten for the occasion.

PART I: THE PRESTIDIGITATOR AND THE MAGIC SELF

Text: “APPROACHING “FICTIONAL MAGIC”

Featuring “the Artistic communicative process” and the routine “I have as much as you”

PART II: THE SPECTATOR AND THE AUDIENCE

Text: “EDUCATING THE SPECTATOR’S GAZE”

Featuring Arturo de Ascanio’s “Sliding Gaze”, “Formal Design” and “the Waiter Theory”

PART III: THE MAGIC AND THE MAGIC ACT

Text “BEYOND” THE METHOD”

Featuring “TWO SUBJECTIVITIES”, “TRICK VS MAGIC” and reflections about the magic experience and the spectator