So the type of magic I like, and I'm a magician,
is magic that uses technology to create illusions.
So I would like to show you something I've been working on.
that I think will be useful for artists -- multimedia artists in particular.
It synchronizes videos across multiple screens of mobile devices.
I borrowed these three iPods from people here in the audience
And I'm going to use them to tell you a little bit about my favorite subject:
(Music)
One of my favorite magicians is Karl Germain.
He had this wonderful trick where a rosebush would bloom
But it was his production of a butterfly that was the most beautiful.
(Recording) Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen,
(Applause)
(Music)
Marco Tempest: When asked about deception,
Announcer: Magic is the only honest profession.
A magician promises to deceive you --
MT: I like to think of myself as an honest magician.
which means that sometimes I have to lie to you.
(Ringing)
MT: Stuck in traffic. I'll be there soon.
(Laughter)
(Music)
Right: I'll be ready in just a minute, darling.
Center: It's just what I've always wanted.
it's a fundamental part of life.
that men tell twice as many lies as women --
assuming the women they asked told the truth.
(Laughing)
The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception.
Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.
Announcer: One five will get you 10, 10 will get you 20.
That's when we convince ourselves that a lie is the truth.
Sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart.
Compulsive gamblers are experts at self-deception.
They forget the times they lose.
The brain is very good at forgetting.
Bad experiences are quickly forgotten.
Bad experiences quickly disappear.
Which is why in this vast and lonely cosmos,
we are so wonderfully optimistic.
Our self-deception becomes a positive illusion --
why movies are able to take us onto extraordinary adventures;
why we believe Romeo when he says he loves Juliet;
and why single notes of music,
become a sonata and conjure up meaning.
said that art was the greatest deception of all.
Art is a deception that creates real emotions --
And when you give yourself over to that deception,
[MAGIC]
(Applause)
Thank you. Thank you very much.
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