A.Bandit: A Secret Has Two Faces

by Glenn Kaino, Derek Delgaudio, David Blaine (Contributor)

This multifaceted book is the latest collaboration between Glenn Kaino and Derek DelGaudio, who work together as the conceptual performance art duo A.Bandit to make magical art. A.Bandit is an experimental performance art group started by conceptual artist Glenn Kaino and magician Derek DelGaudio. Together they have exhibited and performed their work in venues that span a diverse range of cultural activities. The book introduces their pioneering work in the fields of art and magic, along with interviews and stories from noteworthy practitioners from both fields. It will be a generous access point into the normally secret practice from which A.Bandit operates. The book itself will contain several secret elements and magical features that will distinguish it as a type of performance in and of itself.

Genres: Magic, Art

274 pages, Hardcover

First published July 20, 2017

Reviews

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Essentially a coffee table book providing an overview of the collaborative art project A.Bandit, which consists of artist Glenn Kaino and magician Derek DelGaudio (those descriptors are a bit reductive, but for the sake of simplicity I'm using them). Their work plays with the boundary between performance art and magic show in ways meant to provoke the viewer into questioning what they're seeing and how they interact with it. It includes some fun interviews with figures in the worlds of art and magic and some good photos of some of the partnerships previous performances. It's very arty in tone, so depending on how you feel about that your mileage may vary.