Hiding the Elephant, 2012
printed shaped mirrored plexiglass, variable dimension, smoke
Hiding the Elephant, refers to the spectacular performance of magician Harry Houdini who in 1918 made an elephant disappear in front of thousands of spectators at the Hippodrome in New York. The reference to the prestige of Houdini is related, in the work of goldiechiari, persuasorie practices and propaganda of the Western intelligence services during the Cold War.
In this case, Hiding the Elephant will be an exercise in political practices inspired illusionism of intelligence in hiding and uncomfortable reality disappear and dangerous characters exploiting the magical imagery and scenic devices.
goldiechiari refers to a series of performances-tricks of magicians Harry Houdini,
Jasper Maskelyne and John Mulholland and focus their search on similarity in practice of deception and illusion in the representation of reality by the stage magic and intelligence policy. As argued James Angleton, head of counterintelligence at the CIA, "Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State"
printed shaped mirrored plexiglass, variable dimension, smoke
Hiding the Elephant, refers to the spectacular performance of magician Harry Houdini who in 1918 made an elephant disappear in front of thousands of spectators at the Hippodrome in New York. The reference to the prestige of Houdini is related, in the work of goldiechiari, persuasorie practices and propaganda of the Western intelligence services during the Cold War.
In this case, Hiding the Elephant will be an exercise in political practices inspired illusionism of intelligence in hiding and uncomfortable reality disappear and dangerous characters exploiting the magical imagery and scenic devices.
goldiechiari refers to a series of performances-tricks of magicians Harry Houdini,
Jasper Maskelyne and John Mulholland and focus their search on similarity in practice of deception and illusion in the representation of reality by the stage magic and intelligence policy. As argued James Angleton, head of counterintelligence at the CIA, "Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State"
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