Tom Cassani

Roles:
Author, Copyeditor, Editor, Production Manager, Reviewer, Section Editor

Affiliation:

• • The University of Huddersfield
  • United Kingdom

Biography

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Tom Cassani is an award winning performance maker working with performance art, magic, sideshow and Live Art. Tom's practice and research draws on an expanded approach to magic. Cassani’s illusory texts, imagery and physicality expose the body as an unreliable measure of truth, his unique approach to magic reveals the mechanics of trickery and body based feats making us aware of our role in experiencing the seemingly impossible. Tom has been recently awarded a practice-based PhD Scholarship by the University of Huddersfield to study Performance Magic focusing on Expanded Magic practice. Tom was one of the 2024 selected Aerowaves Artists and works internationally as a performer, consultant, speaker, lecturer and dramaturg of deception.