I honestly don't think audiences care if it's an art or not. They want to be entertained, not educated.[/COLOR] Perhaps a few spectators can appreciate it on a different level, but most don't. There's really very little we can do about this and honestly I don't think we need to. Why do you really care if your audience think your an artist? You probably just like the term and the idea of being an artist and get an ego boost from it.
Who said anything about educating your audience, right now I am helping to educate the magicians or aspiring magicians to be. Nevil Maskelyn, Robert Houdin, David Devant each called themselves a conjurer and artist of magic. Do you think they needed an ego boost? You can convey to the audience that what you are performing is an art without giving them a rundown. Your job is to present your finished piece of artwork period.
If a magician was performing to me and trying to tell me the history of the effects, the creators and why it's more than entertainment and I should appreciate it as an artform I wouldn't be happy, i'd be irritated, bored and would just want to see a trick. I'd think he needs to get over himself as do most people writing these ridiculous, pretentious essays which have no practical applications.
I addressed the above in my last paragraph, but to add to it. You are the student it is your job to study everything and learn it. Everything from the smallest little subtle movement, to timing of movement. In order to be a true great performer one must study the art of magic. This is partially the reason why I say to focus on your school work before you get serious with magic.
I'd bet that most people who write these really long posts on magic as an artform apply almost none of it to their performances, they just want to look clever on the forums. When you're out doing an ACR and do a double lift are you really thinking about the illusion you're creating and how it's perceived in the minds of the audience? Probably not... There's certainly a few magicians around who will take all this into account, but most of the people on T11 don't.
Lucky thing I am not a person, also foxes are clever I am a wolf While you are performing an ACR, you shouldn't have to think about the theory behind the effect while performing it, because you would have mastered the complete subtleties of the effect that everything just happens naturally. Now I hope you are reading everything I am stating because you missed my message in the beginning.
You should work on practicing your routines until their perfect then go out and entertain people with them and give them a unique experience that they'll hopefully remember for a long time. Work out what your audiences like and what they don't and refine your act based on it. Do what they like not what gives you
an ego trip and I think you'll be a great magician. If you're so good at what you do and they see it as an art, that's great. If not, you can still give them a great experience.
Thank you for reiterating what I have already stated. I can't help wondering why you posted all the other lengthy post when all you needed to say was the first two sentences of the last paragraph. I dislike with a passion the word EGO paired with TRIP, egos can't take trips they just get bigger with arrogance. I do not know why you have this preconceived notion that the steps I take is for ego reasons. Truly if you take the time and put the effort into the effect you will end up with not a great performance or experience, you will come out with a work of art that everyone may be proud of.
The wandering internet wolf,
SilverFang