Lectures

Writer and Magician,
the books are Mariano’s stage,
the pen his magic wand.

As a “wonder injector”, he deals every
day with the ingredient of Surprise:
his magic marvels, opens wide unusual perspectives and challenges the status quo.

This is a collection of his English lectures.

10 May 2017

As Strange As It Seems

Lecture on the “disenchanted enchantment” by Gaspard Etienne Robertson, presented at Oculus OCO.04, University of Warwick.

9 May 2017

From Medicine to Stage Magic

Theatrical laboratory on the progression of Mesmerism from a therapeutic practice to a form of entertainment for educated audiences, presented at Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre.

8 May 2017

How we used number to read minds four centuries ago

Lecture on the 17th-century mind reading book Il Laberinto by Andrea Ghisi, presented at Warwick Library.

5 May 2017

Mesmerized!

Lecture performance on amusing physics and animal magnetism opening the event “Mesmerized!”, presented at Warwick Arts Centre.

13 March 2015

Magic Books. The Secret Art of Book Hacking

Lectio Magistralis opening the exhibition “Magic Books. The Secret Art of Book Hacking”, designed and curated by Mariano Tomatis in New York from 13 to 27 March 2015.

16 October 2014

How Magic can be the Elixir of Life

Militant magic lecture on the possibility of stretching life using the weapons of wonder and surprise, presented in London for the WIRED 2014 Festival “The Future is Closer than You Think”.

9 August 2014

The Shortest and Funniest Mesmeric Act Ever

Mariano’s Mesmeric Act performed at Googleplex, Mountain View (CA). The magic trick is part of a larger project labeled “Laboratory of Revolutionary Magnetism”, co-authored with Wu Ming Foundation as a transmedial extension of their historical novel The Army of Sleepwalkers (2014).