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Good afternoon everyone.
Good afternoon.
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My name is Bruno Oliveira
and I'm an illusionist.
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This is a phrase that until recently
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I hadn't thought to say,
without being in a tone of banter.
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But roughly 5 years ago, I am 23
so when I was 17
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I decided to be a magician.
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So, it was a bit spontaneous.
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Because, in fact the story is very simple.
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I chose today to bring,
before performing two numbers that I brought
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quite particular by a point
that we will see later
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I also chose to talk
a little about what magic is,
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everyone knows that a magician is an artist
who performs impossible numbers
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it seems that what we show is in fact
something that is impossible to happen.
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But there's also a very intrinsic part of it
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and probably those of you
who aren't in the business won't know it
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but there are very curious and funny facts,
that I also want to share with you.
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So, I chose to bring
a little bit of my story.
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Basically I was 17
and I was in Rio Tinto, which is where I live.
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It's a very quiet town,
nobody steals anything from anyone
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there are not many roberies,
not anything of the sort.
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No one steals BMW badges,
there is no chance of that happening.
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It's true.
And so I was in a bar
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It's a well-known bar, called Gare.
I don't know if anyone knows it
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If someone visited this area
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Well, if you're here
it's because you haven't.
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And then one afternoon
there I was with two of my friends
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we had nothing to do
and we decided to grab a deck of cards.
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We got a deck of cards
and started doing some tricks.
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But there was a trick that one of them did to me
that left me completely stunned.
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How was that possible?
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He didn't say how the trick was done,
I did a research on how the trick was done
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and after a deep search I ended up
discovering how the trick was done.
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And beyond the spectacularity of the trick
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I was so astonished
by the brilliance of the method
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by the creativity of the trick,
by the creation of that puzzle
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that I decided to go on searching.
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Today they both have nothing
to do with magic
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one of them teaches at ESTSP
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the other studies at FLUP,
Communication Sciences
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and is the section chief
at the local supermarket.
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As you can see Rio Tinto is
at the forefront of employment. It's true.
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And so I continued to deepen that,
I was then in the 12th grade.
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So I started to research some more tricks
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and then later,
when I had a year of practice
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Porto School of Magic
was created by two magicians
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who are my colleagues
and I work directly with them
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who are the magician João Miranda
and the magician Gonçalo Gil.
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They are two professional magicians
who created the School of Magic of Porto
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and so I graduated there.
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These were the lights I had in the beginning
and then I started to progress
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and when I thought I already had
a well-made product to show to the audience
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when I was able to go beyond the tricks,
besides the technique I had to develop
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when I already had something more important
than the trick itself that is the showmanship
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which is being an entertainer.
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Because what a magician must also consider
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is that the trick itself during a performance
is equivalent to about 20%
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80% is all showmanship.
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Presence on stage, dynamic,
mostly making the public have a good time.
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So when I thought
I was already at an acceptable level
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I started looking for jobs
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Because I decided that I wanted
to do this for the rest of my life.
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I really wanted to become a professional
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because that was what motivated me
to work more than any other job.
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And so, what I did was,
I started researching for event companies
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event halls, wedding estates
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weddings are the most requested events
for magicians.
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Although it's rare
to find a magician in a wedding
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weddings are a big part
of our source of income.
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And, I started looking,
I started to send e-mails
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I went directly to these institutions,
I gave a demonstration of what I knew
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and I started having my first events.
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At first, of course,
I had to work for free
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because what I wanted was publicity,
more than even money itself.
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And then I started doing some events
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and the publicity that helped me the most
was spreading the word.
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People saw me, they were at a wedding,
and then they said
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You're getting married next week
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I saw a magician at a wedding
that was something spectacular
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And then the bride and groom would call me
and hire me to the wedding.
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In addition to weddings I also do
private events, dinners for example
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children's birthday parties,
communions, in short, all kinds of events.
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TEDxISCAP will also start being
on my resume.
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And that's it, and since then
I've started to professionalize myself.
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Later, until recently, I was hired
to work in an online magic shop.
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It's an online store that sells tricks,
it's called Oportomagic.
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The owner is precisely
the magician João Miranda
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And nowadays I'm working
in the company's office, managing sales
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I produce execution and explanatory videos
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It’s me who manage
what material comes from our suppliers.
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So, I'm the one dealing
with the whole management of the store.
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Also before that, I started working
on the production of the tricks
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because, how does this work
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the magician adds to his repertoire
some tricks.
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The tricks may have been created
by them originally or not.
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In the magic community,
what happens is
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The magician has an idea for a trick,
he produces and sells it all over the world.
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There are several distributors
of illusionism articles
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and if I see a trick that intrigues me,
or that I like a lot
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that I think it will have
satisfactory results before the public
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I buy the trick, give my je ne sais quoi,
give my presentation to the trick
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because it's also important
that we become unique.
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What I always wanted
when someone hired me was
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I don't want to hire a magician,
I want to hire Bruno Oliveira
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Which is a completely
different thing, right?
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Because I try to be
unique at what I do
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I try to give my personality,
my own presentation to the trick
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to become unique and
therefore get much more work.
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And one of the most ambitious projects
that I have
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with another magician
that is Gonçalo Gil
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we're currently working on a routine,
in a 8 minutes performance of comic magic
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and we are going to present this routine
in June, in a congress in Spain
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because there are congresses for magicians
as there are fairs, whatever the field is.
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In magic there are also congresses
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there are fairs where the magic dealers,
the distributors show the tricks they have.
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All the magicians gather
in this city, wherever city it is
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and the magicians buy tricks, sell tricks,
watch conferences of other magicians
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watch shows, there are competitions,
and what we intend to do at this congress
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which will be in Granada on June 18
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we will compete for the Spanish championship
which is the most important congress in Spain.
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We will compete with our routine and
later we intend to go to the FISM World Cup.
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FISM is the International Federation of Magic Societies,
basically it's the FIFA of magic.
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Except for the Blatters and stuff,
that we don't have.
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The FISM is the entity that manages
the entire community of magic in the world.
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It's the World Cup, it's going to be in 2018
and it's going to be in Busan, South Korea.
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This is, for now,
my most ambitious project
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and as you can see,
I tried to become a professional.
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and it had to be through my own means,
as was Bruno Sousa’s example
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Earlier today, I had been working
precisely in that shop’s office
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And I only had the chance to watch
this conference from start to finish
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And I was very impressed
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because I value a lot people who try
to find out through their own means
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how to do what they like
and develop an acceptable product
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so that they can succeed
and be able to do that as a job.
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And that was also
precisely what I did.
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There are some
curious facts about magic
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that I would also like
to share with you.
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As you can see, for me to be here
there is much more work behind
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I had to learn with other magicians
the presentation that I give to the tricks
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I had to acquire tricks from other magicians
to be able to add to my repertoire.
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And for example, there is a case
of a very well-known magician
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I don't know if he's still active,
I can't precise it, he's called Uri Geller.
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Uri Geller said he had powers.
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He actually said he had powers,
that he was literally magical.
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and one day he was prosecuted for fraud
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for being a fraud.
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And he still managed to win the case.
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He managed to prove
that he actually had powers
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until one day,
when he went to a TV show
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and he had a mentalism number
where he could bend spoons, fold spoons
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but what's funny is that he
always brought his cutlery with him.
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So his spoons were the only ones working,
until someone asked him
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I have a spoon, do it with this spoon
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And then he gave an excuse
a bit tattered
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And then the cat was out of the bag about
a person who claimed to be really magic.
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That doesn't exist.
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Moreover the terms magician and illusionist
mean the same.
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No one has powers,
there are no Harry Potters here.
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I would love to,
but there's not.
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It's all illusion,
it's all tricks, all puzzles,
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simply to give the impression to the viewer
that something impossible has happened
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and for the sole purpose
of entertaining, nothing more.
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This is also something that
the magician must be very careful about
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Because the magician must
fundamentally show the trick.
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Show that it happened to entertain people
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and never to show
that he's more than the general public.
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In other words,
I know more than you
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I know how this is done
and you don't.
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You are the scum.
No, it can't be like that.
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I simply worked to have,
to build my repertoire
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for the sole purpose of entertaining you,
right?
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It's only for your delight,
because people pay to see me.
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Well, and then
I brought two little tricks
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very funny tricks.
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They have a particularity because
these tricks were created by two portuguese
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As you can see the top magic in Portugal
is not only Luís de Matos.
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Even because
he is not here now
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I think he is in Spain,
he has a program on TVe in Spain
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and besides that
he also works a lot for magicians
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He also develops tricks and
markets among the magic community.
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I brought two tricks that
were created by two Portuguese.
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One of them was designed by a magician named
Gustavo Sereno, who has been here already
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he was at ISCULTURAP last year,
I don't know if some of you remember.
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It was idealized by him and was
produced by a company called Links magic
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whose creators are the names
I’ve mentioned earlier
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João Miranda and Gonçalo Gil.
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They basically have ideas
for innovative tricks
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That is,
what do they look for?
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They try to see the problems
that exist in magic, the gaps
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in other words, if there's a trick
that can be potentialized
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they brainstorm and try to create
what we call the Holy grail.
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That is to say, it's impossible for that trick
to be more perfect than it is
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and this is also
where magic is walking to.
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That is, at this moment
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we are advancing so that
the ideas of tricks are so, but so secret
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with such devilish secrets that people will believe
that what happened was really magic
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that it's impossible to have a secret
behind that, what was seen was truly magic.
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And this is what magic is becoming
and now contrasting with the ancient magic
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I just want to give you some news
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the hats are gone, the wands are gone,
and the coat tails are gone.
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This is still a very closed idea to laymen
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and they assume that if they go to see
the spectacle of a magician
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for sure that he will wear a top hat
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and will make some flowers
that look like swiffers appear.
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He'll make a handkerchief disappear with
a box of this size where flames will come out.
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No, the boxes, the little boxes
and the crates are gone.
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Now it's all over.
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There are magicians who stayed
a bit stuck in time.
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There's a very simple reason for this idea
to be already eliminated.
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The magicians who wore
a top hat, wand, that coat tail
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that shirt full of frills,
that jacket that was this long
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It’s because at that time, we're talking
about for example the 1920s
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that was a little bit of
the gentlemen’s garment.
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You see photos from the 1920s or 30s
when they wore the top hat and that overcoat
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and that was the fashion
that existed at that time.
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So it's rare for you to see people
still getting dressed like in the 80's.
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It's also rare to hear music that you say
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Wow this really sounds like ABBA,
it's exactly the same.
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Everything evolves, all arts evolve, in fact
all businesses evolve and magic also evolves
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and so, let's get to the part
that interests you, isn't it right?
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I chose to, as I am here
more as a speaker than as an artist
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I opted not to bring a spectacle,
not to be here doing a 17-minute show
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but also to show you what magic is,
what the profession involves
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and what exactly led me
to opt for this profession.
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So, it's the following,
with magic
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allow me just to roll up the sleeves,
because this is important
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you can see that I have no elephants
or ropes inside, I have absolutely nothing
227
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and then what could I do with magic?
I could produce money.
228
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I have a bill here,
not very big, right?
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It's a € 5 bill.
Can you see?
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Can you see?
Great!
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This is a € 5 bill,
completely normal, not fake.
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And so, I'll show you
how I can live of magic.
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It's very simple, people pay me,
let's assume this was a budget for a show
234
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It was good
it was good
235
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No, only if it's
for the customer.
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And so, what we do is: we pick the 5€ bill,
and start by folding the bill right?
237
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And what happens is that if you blow
the bill begins to gain another form
238
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and in addition to another form
also starts to gain another color
239
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and the 5€ bill gains a 0 after it,
turns yellow
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and becomes a 50€ bill.
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Thank you very much.
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It's true. As you can see,
this is how we magicians make money.
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And it's funny because
there's a paradox here
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Because even though
I make money
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my wallet is always empty.
246
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Besides not having bills in here,
I have a BANIF card
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no need to joke about it,
right?
248
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I have my cards here, my card from Solinca,
which is my gym, and as you can see
249
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it hasn't been used much.
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My ID, and my business card,
which by the way will stay here.
251
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And so, I'm going to ask the help
of a spectator here. What's your name?
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Carolina.
253
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Carolina? Can you please come to the stage?
A round of applause for Carolina.
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She will be part of TEDx.
255
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By the way, you can keep my business card.
256
00:16:26,224 --> 00:16:27,835
Thank you very much.
Now, 2 kisses.
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And as we are in TEDx,
I'm quite in a good mood, so it's 2 more ok.
258
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There it is.
Carolina, have you ever assisted a magician?
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No.
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It's the first time,
are you nervous?
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No.
262
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No. I'm glad that's how it is.
263
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So, what have I done
264
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you can see that in the bills compartment
I have no bills, but I have an envelope.
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Inside this envelope
I’ve put a card.
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Carolina do you know
the cards from the deck, do you play?
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You know, you know the cards.
268
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You have no idea what card is in here right?
Did we arrange anything?
269
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But then we can arrange
afterwards if you want.
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So, here we have a card inside an envelope.
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Do you confirm that it's
the only envelope inside?
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You confirm.
Look well, look well.
273
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I don't have hats.
I'm going to leave the wallet right here
274
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and so Carolina, I'm going to give you
my deck of cards.
275
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It's this one. Can you see?
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Yes.
277
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You can. It's invisible,
so it's impossible for you to see.
278
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I'll give you my deck of cards, please,
and I'll ask you to shuffle the cards.
279
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You can shuffle.
280
00:17:27,663 --> 00:17:29,067
No, first take out the cards, right?
281
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The box is invisible,
the cards are inside.
282
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Show them like this,
make a fan for people, in a sensual way.
283
00:17:37,021 --> 00:17:39,906
Exactly. Partner, here it is.
I'll hire you.
284
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You can shuffle.
Shuffle the cards a little,
285
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do not let the cards fall,
they are expensive, okay? Don't drop it.
286
00:17:46,479 --> 00:17:50,595
And now I'm going to ask you
to make a fan and pick a card.
287
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You can pick.
288
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Drop some, no problem,
I'll catch it later.
289
00:17:54,941 --> 00:17:57,695
And I'm going to ask you
to show the card to everyone.
290
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Can you see?
291
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Those who said yes, of course failed
because the card is invisible.
292
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Carolina is the only one who has
this amazing ability to see the invisible.
293
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And she'll tell everyone what card it is.
294
00:18:09,762 --> 00:18:10,815
What's the card Carolina?
295
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It's a 4 of hearts.
296
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4 of hearts.
Carolina sees terribly.
297
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I'm clearly seeing
that it's an ace of hearts.
298
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Are you sure it's a 4 of hearts?
299
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Don't you want to change?
300
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No.
301
00:18:22,875 --> 00:18:24,266
Don't you want to see
some of the cards that you dropped?
302
00:18:24,850 --> 00:18:26,393
Is it really a 4 of hearts?
303
00:18:26,593 --> 00:18:29,441
We had nothing agreed,
you can confirm this to everyone.
304
00:18:29,694 --> 00:18:33,588
4 of hearts. Do you remember
the wallet I’ve showed you?
305
00:18:34,106 --> 00:18:38,565
And just like I told you,
I'd put an envelope in here. Right?
306
00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,528
Wouldn't it be...
Show the card to everyone.
307
00:18:42,030 --> 00:18:44,845
Wouldn't it be amazing
if this card were precisely
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one and no other than the four of hearts?
The card freely chosen by Carolina.
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Thank you very much.
You can sit down.
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Thank you very much.
A round of applause for her.
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She was the one doing the trick, wasn’t she?
I didn't do absolutely nothing.
312
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It's true, it's true. And that's
how we magicians make a living.
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Using wallets to put envelopes
instead of bills.
314
00:19:11,396 --> 00:19:17,720
Well, but this trick,
which is a part a bit more boring yet curious.
315
00:19:18,562 --> 00:19:22,491
It's called Links wallet, it was created
by the company I spoke earlier, Links magic
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which was created and idealized by
the magician Gonçalo Gil, who is Portuguese
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and was developed,
in other words, was produced.
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00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:32,685
He had the idea of this wallet
but the wallet needs to come to life.
319
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And it was also produced by the
same company and is marketed nowadays
320
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and magicians from all over the world
have been buying this trick.
321
00:19:40,475 --> 00:19:43,141
Well, now I'm going to ask
for someone else's help.
322
00:19:43,341 --> 00:19:44,617
This girl.
What's your name?
323
00:19:45,140 --> 00:19:47,807
Micaela? Can you please come and help me?
A round of applause for Micaela.
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Like this. So, straight ahead.
325
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Smile to the audience,
that is fundamental.
326
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You can give me two kisses too.
327
00:19:57,811 --> 00:19:58,893
Is your boyfriend here?
328
00:19:59,093 --> 00:19:59,635
No.
329
00:19:59,931 --> 00:20:00,967
No? Then two more.
330
00:20:02,141 --> 00:20:04,995
Very well, Micaela.
Do you know the cards?
331
00:20:05,195 --> 00:20:05,866
Yes.
332
00:20:06,066 --> 00:20:07,601
Very well, very well,
me too.
333
00:20:08,731 --> 00:20:11,550
In fact, this deck isn't complete,
I need a complete deck.
334
00:20:13,299 --> 00:20:14,559
Exactly. Here it is.
Do you know the cards?
335
00:20:14,834 --> 00:20:17,816
All right, all the cards are different
from each other
336
00:20:18,016 --> 00:20:21,475
it's a normal deck of 52 cards.
337
00:20:21,675 --> 00:20:26,031
Let's shuffle a little. And now, Micaela,
I'm going to ask you to pick a card.
338
00:20:26,904 --> 00:20:29,158
Whichever you want okay?
I don't want to see.
339
00:20:29,358 --> 00:20:32,501
It's fundamental that it's not the 2 of clubs.
This card isn't good for magic
340
00:20:32,715 --> 00:20:35,904
it doesn't work. The 2 of clubs is a card
that I don't like that much.
341
00:20:36,381 --> 00:20:37,507
Show everyone.
342
00:20:39,516 --> 00:20:42,395
This isn't going very well, is it Micaela?
343
00:20:42,595 --> 00:20:44,583
Let's put down the card here.
2 of clubs doesn't work.
344
00:20:44,783 --> 00:20:47,679
I'm going to run my finger through the cards.
Tell me to stop when you want.
345
00:20:48,862 --> 00:20:49,493
Stop!
346
00:20:49,693 --> 00:20:50,783
Here? After 10 of clubs?
347
00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:52,573
This isn't funny
because I've seen it, right?
348
00:20:52,773 --> 00:20:55,155
Can you see what the next card is?
Show it to everyone.
349
00:20:55,355 --> 00:20:58,896
It's fundamental
that it's not the 2 of clubs. It cannot be.
350
00:21:02,776 --> 00:21:06,489
We don't have any 2 of clubs here,
I don't know how you managed to do that.
351
00:21:06,689 --> 00:21:08,284
That's weird.
352
00:21:08,484 --> 00:21:11,280
Micaela, although it cannot be
the 2 of clubs.
353
00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,723
By the way, we’re going to lose the card
somewhere around here.
354
00:21:13,855 --> 00:21:15,168
And now
you're going to do the following
355
00:21:15,368 --> 00:21:17,557
I'm going to run my finger again,
tell me to stop whenever you want.
356
00:21:17,657 --> 00:21:18,526
Stop!
- Here?
357
00:21:18,726 --> 00:21:21,388
I don't want to see the card now,
but I don't want you to see it either.
358
00:21:21,588 --> 00:21:23,595
You can pick the card,
don't see it yet
359
00:21:23,795 --> 00:21:25,735
I'm going to ask you in a little while
to show it to everyone
360
00:21:25,935 --> 00:21:29,469
But in an awesome way.
You'll have to grab the card and do this
361
00:21:29,669 --> 00:21:30,380
2 of clubs!
362
00:21:30,780 --> 00:21:33,682
Even because I think it really is a 2 of clubs.
Do this, show it to everyone.
363
00:21:33,982 --> 00:21:34,860
Without seeing it?
364
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,442
You can see, but I can't.
I don't want to see the card.
365
00:21:36,758 --> 00:21:38,184
Show it to everyone.
You already know how you should do it.
366
00:21:40,094 --> 00:21:42,306
Ready? Are you ready?
Is it the 2 of clubs?
367
00:21:42,675 --> 00:21:45,289
How funny, how funny.
What a curious little thing!
368
00:21:45,489 --> 00:21:49,121
Let's place the card, the 2 of clubs,
more or less in the middle.
369
00:21:49,321 --> 00:21:51,452
I'm going to ask you
to put your hand like this.
370
00:21:51,709 --> 00:21:53,012
I'm going to ask you
to cover with the other.
371
00:21:53,412 --> 00:21:55,335
Exactly.
Don't let the card slip away.
372
00:21:55,535 --> 00:22:00,075
And now just look, I'll try to find your card
in a second. Raise your hand a little.
373
00:22:00,275 --> 00:22:01,682
Keep covering.
374
00:22:02,668 --> 00:22:04,040
4 of spades?!
375
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,438
And there's a fish,
there's a fish drawn.
376
00:22:07,339 --> 00:22:09,594
Do you know why there's
this drawn fish here?
377
00:22:09,794 --> 00:22:11,246
Sometimes the deck plays some pranks.
378
00:22:11,446 --> 00:22:14,621
Apart from magic I have a passion
for marine animals, marine life
379
00:22:14,821 --> 00:22:19,570
in fact I grew up watching BBC on Channel 3,
we all have seen it when we were younger.
380
00:22:19,770 --> 00:22:23,410
And I fell in love with marine animals,
and so this trick has a little to do with it.
381
00:22:23,610 --> 00:22:25,635
Did you feel the magic happening?
Say yes, say yes...
382
00:22:25,835 --> 00:22:26,223
Yes.
383
00:22:26,423 --> 00:22:28,318
Now watch,
at the second attempt
384
00:22:28,518 --> 00:22:31,842
here's your 2 of clubs,
and you can see what happened to the deck.
385
00:22:32,860 --> 00:22:33,939
Ohh
386
00:22:34,739 --> 00:22:41,680
Notice because the deck has turned
into an aquarium with a little fish in it.
387
00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:47,303
Thank you very much,
you can sit down.
388
00:22:47,603 --> 00:22:48,815
Thank you very much,
thank you very much.
389
00:22:50,150 --> 00:22:51,967
A round of applause for Rudolfo.
390
00:22:53,681 --> 00:22:58,287
It's true, he’ my assistant, it only needs
a top hat, but I couldn't find fish hats.
391
00:22:58,994 --> 00:23:00,010
It's true, it's true.
392
00:23:00,210 --> 00:23:03,943
This trick was also created
by a Portuguese magician named Gustavo Sereno.
393
00:23:04,143 --> 00:23:06,765
The one that was here, my colleague
that was here at ISCULTURAP.
394
00:23:06,965 --> 00:23:08,572
It was also idealized by him.
395
00:23:08,772 --> 00:23:13,370
He said the circumstance in which he thought,
in which he had the idea of this trick.
396
00:23:13,570 --> 00:23:16,058
I will not tell you what it is,
but you will get there...
397
00:23:16,258 --> 00:23:18,538
He was simply doing it
and he remembered of this trick.
398
00:23:18,738 --> 00:23:21,169
He had the idea, it's true, it's true.
Do not laugh.
399
00:23:21,369 --> 00:23:23,190
And then when he told us
400
00:23:23,390 --> 00:23:27,527
What if the deck turns into an aquarium
with a fish in it?
401
00:23:27,727 --> 00:23:30,026
And we said
That would be awesome!
402
00:23:30,226 --> 00:23:34,934
And again, the same magicians I told you
have produced this trick
403
00:23:35,134 --> 00:23:37,911
and today this trick is also marketed
all over the world
404
00:23:38,111 --> 00:23:42,257
and has already been reviewed
by an online show called Wizard Product Review
405
00:23:42,457 --> 00:23:47,180
which is an online show from a store
called the World Magic Shop
406
00:23:47,380 --> 00:23:50,584
that sells tricks around the world
407
00:23:50,784 --> 00:23:55,636
and some of the best magicians in the world
have already contacted us to buy this trick.
408
00:23:55,836 --> 00:23:58,939
As you can see,
I chose to bring these two illusions.
409
00:23:59,139 --> 00:24:02,164
In my opinion they are amazing tricks.
I believe that you also think that.
410
00:24:03,201 --> 00:24:05,828
Exactly, they were created
by Portuguese magicians
411
00:24:06,028 --> 00:24:09,823
and as you can see
there is good magic in Portugal.
412
00:24:10,023 --> 00:24:13,571
There are good magicians.
The only pity, now going back a little
413
00:24:13,771 --> 00:24:16,378
is that magic could also be a little better.
414
00:24:16,578 --> 00:24:18,547
As a curiosity but so you can see
415
00:24:18,747 --> 00:24:22,121
the routine of comic magic
that my colleague and I are going to show
416
00:24:22,890 --> 00:24:27,591
we will probably participate for Spain.
417
00:24:28,273 --> 00:24:31,913
There's something called endorsement,
and what does that mean?
418
00:24:32,113 --> 00:24:35,945
In these congresses, it is necessary
that the magicians who go to the contest
419
00:24:36,145 --> 00:24:40,697
have the endorsement of an institution,
a magical society that is recognized by FISM
420
00:24:40,897 --> 00:24:44,878
by the FIFA of magic.
421
00:24:46,078 --> 00:24:50,084
We have an institution here in Portugal,
precisely here in Porto, recognized by FISM
422
00:24:50,284 --> 00:24:53,039
however they simply don’t want
to give us the endorsement.
423
00:24:53,239 --> 00:24:57,799
In our opinion,
it’s a routine that can win prizes
424
00:24:58,017 --> 00:25:00,018
we believe that we can be awarded
425
00:25:00,317 --> 00:25:05,389
because that's also another gap
that we find in magic, because in comic magic
426
00:25:05,589 --> 00:25:09,653
there are good magicians
yet there isn’t that routine
427
00:25:10,601 --> 00:25:12,171
that make us roll
in the floor laughing.
428
00:25:12,371 --> 00:25:13,915
And that's what we created.
429
00:25:14,115 --> 00:25:16,769
Just so you can see,
I'll tell you a little spoiler here
430
00:25:16,969 --> 00:25:18,313
I'm going to dress as a woman.
431
00:25:18,513 --> 00:25:22,537
And yeah, as you can see, I'm already
a funny guy, just by looking at my figure
432
00:25:22,737 --> 00:25:24,913
dressed as a woman, you can already imagine
how it's going to end.
433
00:25:25,113 --> 00:25:27,995
It's true, and then what happens is that
they don’t give us this endorsement
434
00:25:28,390 --> 00:25:30,918
and we’ll probably have
to perform for Spain.
435
00:25:31,118 --> 00:25:32,926
It's a pity,
but that's how things work.
436
00:25:33,126 --> 00:25:35,963
Thank you in advance,
I hope you have enjoyed this little bit.
437
00:25:36,163 --> 00:25:39,394
I hope you got to know
a little more of magic, and now you know
438
00:25:40,117 --> 00:25:41,519
keep watching magic shows
439
00:25:42,186 --> 00:25:43,854
If someone wants to hire me
just feel free to do it
440
00:25:43,954 --> 00:25:45,291
my business card is somewhere in here.
441
00:25:45,491 --> 00:25:46,808
So, thank you very much
once again
442
00:25:47,008 --> 00:25:50,869
I would like to thank ISCAP for the invitation
to be a part of TEDxISCAP first edition.
443
00:25:51,069 --> 00:25:56,203
So, see you soon, thank you very much,
I hope you have enjoyed it. Thanks.