Vanish Magic Magazine Dangerfest SPECIAL EDITION | Page 9
Ben Robinson
with Lowik Vgz
Translation: If you learn from your mistakes, your act will be better.
You won’t make the same mistake(s) again, and if you do, you have
not been paying attention. (I recently saw a magician in the Midwest
do a very poor presentation concluding with a Sword Through Neck
that not only injured emotionally, but got the front door to the
club broken when the angry patron left.) When your knife ricochets
because it is made of a certain gage of steel and you threw it like
a baseball instead of like a knife, you better pay attention. People
who make stupid mistakes in knife throwing can get injured. You
don’t want to walk around Dangerfest barefoot, even though a guy
lovingly referred to as “The Dirty Barbarian” did.
About that Dirty Barbarian. One of the unique features of Dangerfest
aka “a knife throw” (if you are not familiar with the term) is that said
Barbarian was brought to the US from France by demand. Generous
souls who crowd-funded thousands of dollars and euros to introduce
our brother to his American tribe. Consider him a Guest Artist. Lowik
Vgz, 29, is a soon-to-be a superstar in his native France. Appearing
as a model, athlete, X-Game-talented, badass knife thrower, that
seemingly can do anything, and a Special Ed. teacher, are just a
few of his incarnations. It is Lowik’s attitude of “can do” that first
inspired me to speak to him regularly. He was included singly to do
a video representation of an arcane knife throw that is included in
my new book, Hiding In Plain Sight. While that may seem like a bold
commercial, it isn’t.
Actually, Lowik and I met because of an idea expressed in two
different places (New York and Burgundy France) at the same
time. Sort of two minds that both thought of something, and then
while we did not know each other, we found one another on line,
and began a collaboration. I’d never met him in the flesh before
Dangerfest. Just a small miracle of those who attend this insanely
amazing confab.
“Hiding In Plain Sight” World Premier
“Hiding In Plain Sight” is
available from Amazon.
While Dangerfest is a story of knife-throwing, “magic” and good will,
this is also a story of mind and attitude. The notion of competition
that exists in most sports is changed positively by the producers and
attendees of Dangerfest. Everyone wants everyone to win, get better
and develop the knife throwing mind. We hunger to see this done
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