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This blog details the "backstage business" of professional illusionist, illusion designer, author & show producer, J C Sum.
It also explores how creative & artistic individuals can position themselves to be commercially successful in their respective fields.
Whether you are an entertainer, film-maker, designer, musician, artist, actor or animator, this blog strives to offer insights based on the art, science and business of one of Asia’s most commercially successful practitioners of the magic arts.
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Review of Ron Bauer 2008 Lecture Notes
Ron Bauer is one of the “old guards” in magic and is well respected for his seniority and experience in magic. This is a set of lecture notes that are to complement his live lecture. The problem is that the notes are … Continue reading
New Lost Behind the Scenes Footage from “The Impossible Teleportation”
In a few weeks, we should be announcing our latest mega illusion! As a prelude to that announcement, we just uploaded brand new previously unreleased behind-the-scenes footage from my first ever mega illusion “The Impossible Teleportion” back in 2007. We thought we lost … Continue reading
Review of “Word Sight” by Devin Knight
Back in the day, Devin Knight was building illusions (and I believe still does so selectively) and in fact, he built me a wooden packing crate Sub Trunk (about 11 years ago) which I graphically redesigned to have a “Toxic Metamorphosis” theme. … Continue reading
J C Sum & ‘Magic Babe’ Ning in i-weekly Issue 665
The folks at i-weekly are just so awesome and sweet! They have done features on both Ning & myself in the last 2 years and in the lastest issue, they gave us top billing in a full-page article they did … Continue reading
The Impossible Teleportation for Your Next Corporate or Special Event
After three years of staging South East Asia’s first ever mega illusion where I teleported 50 stories in 5 seconds, people are still talking and asking about the illusion. Many also fondly remember our us teleporting 3 people cross the … Continue reading
Review of Ring in Walnut by John Shryock
Anyone who has been in magic for a signifcant period of time would be familiar with John Shryock. He is a working pro who performs both on stage and close-up. He has also released a number of magic products/ DVDs … Continue reading
