Real magic / Susanne Witzgall, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Witzgall, Susanne, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magic.

Magic in art.

Science and magic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Zurich : Diaphanes, 2018.

Summary:

In Western societies a newly discovered and very lively interest in magical practices and occult knowledge can be witnessed.The magical seems to be evolving into a popular phenomenon that affects society as a whole and is also becoming the subject of intense debate in artistic and academic-scientific contexts.

Contents:

Real Magic

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface

Real Magic - An Introductory Approach

Contra Contra Means Pro - A Swinging Pendulum

'Art should be the equivalent of being called to be a shaman or a priest'

Chance and the Discovery of Real Magic

Magical Consciousness: Reclaiming Magical Knowledge

On Magic

'We need to understand magic as a form of gaining knowledge'

Of Scream Of Stone (Womb Tomb)

F.I.R.E. (WALK WITH ME)

How the Plants Put a Spell on Us

Project Classes by Melanie Bonajo and Mariechen Danz

Magical Realism

Strategies of Magic

Invocations of Matter - Contemporary Art and New Materialism as a Magical Diagram

Power of Magic, Magic of Power

'It's all about power, of course'

Magic, Love and Fear in Making Art and Jewellery

Trance, Rave, Ritual - The Museum of Trance in Haiti

Magic by Design - Conjuring Media Realities

The Non-natural Body, DrawnOnward and Techno-Shamanism

'I think of a neurological kind of nano-possession, if we're talking about magic'

Under the Spell of Digital Technologies: Dis/enchantment by Design

The authors

Photo Credits.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-0358-0193-2

OCLC:

1083341417