Real Magic
Table of Contents
Editor’s Preface
Real Magic – An Introductory Approach
Contra Contra Means Pro – A Swinging Pendulum
‘Art should be the equivalent of being called to be a shaman or a priest’
Chance and the Discovery of Real Magic
Magical Consciousness: Reclaiming Magical Knowledge
On Magic
‘We need to understand magic as a form of gaining knowledge’
Of Scream Of Stone (Womb Tomb)
F.I.R.E. (WALK WITH ME)
How the Plants Put a Spell on Us
Project Classes by Melanie Bonajo and Mariechen Danz
Magical Realism
Strategies of Magic
Invocations of Matter – Contemporary Art and New Materialism as a Magical Diagram
Power of Magic, Magic of Power
‘It’s all about power, of course’
Magic, Love and Fear in Making Art and Jewellery
Trance, Rave, Ritual – The Museum of Trance in Haiti
Magic by Design – Conjuring Media Realities
The Non-natural Body, DrawnOnward and Techno-Shamanism
‘I think of a neurological kind of nano-possession, if we’re talking about magic’
Under the Spell of Digital Technologies: Dis/enchantment by Design
The authors
Photo Credits