Description

This book attempts to capture the incredible and prolific life of Gérard Bakner.

Within its pages, you'll find a compendium of material, ideas, principles, creations, reflections, ready-to-use tricks, illusions and even art.

Never-before-seen drawings of illusions that were supposed to be shown on TV and never saw the light of day, formidable principles for making predictions with a game mixed by the spectator himself, bar bets, tricks for children, illusions that can be performed at a distance, and even a trick in which you, the reader, will be the spectator.

In all, over sixty tricks, techniques and other principles, not to mention the presentation of optical illusions in which Gérard Bakner is a master.

If you've ever seen the FFAP trophy awarded to the most promising magicians, you've unknowingly seen Gérard Bakner's work. He works in the shadows of many artists who are still active, and this book is an opportunity to give him the credit he deserves.

The book is peppered with the words of artists from many different backgrounds, proving once again Bakner's incredible multi-disciplinarity. These include François Jauvion, Max Maven, Fabien Olicard, Pierre Perret, Juan Tamariz, Gérard Souchet, Christian Chelman, Christophe Henriet and Katell Sevestre.

You can judge for yourself the condensed ideas in this book by looking at the table of contents below:

SUMMARY :