BIO
I work as an artist, writer and researcher, at the crossroads of performance, art and ecology. I spent my teens studying and training in sleight-of-hand magic, and in the late 90s I won international magic competitions by performing a card act. I obtained a BA in Theatre at Dartington College of Arts in 2002. Together with other Dartington graduates, we formed two performance companies: Deer Park and propeller. Together we made dance-theatre works, performance-lectures, and writing projects, shown in the UK and across the rest of Europe. Between 2006-2011 I focused on making solo-authored dance performances. Works that toured internationally included 'Photographs of a Dance Rehearsal' (2008-2011), an installation in which visitors to a gallery effectively "still" a group of live dancers by opening the door to the room in which they are dancing. In 2014 I obtained my PhD from Roehampton University, in the context of the AHRC creative research project Performance Matters. In 2016 I published my first book, entitled 'In Place of a Show: what happens inside theatres when nothing is happening' (Bloomsbury). In a strange twist of fate, an invitation to reflect on the links between magic and performance art (at Berlin's Sophiensaele in 2013) caused me to return to my teen obsession. In 2015 I premiered 'This is not a magic show', an evening-length solo performance based on sleight of hand magic, presented under the pseudynm Vincent Gambini. Since then I have made 'The Chore of Enchantment' (tour 2020), as well as the film 'The Disappearing of Vincent Gambini' (2021) in collaboration with Hugo Glendinning. For documentation of works of dance, theatre and ecology: www.augustocorrieri.com For documentation of Gambini's ongoing magic performances: www.vincentgambini.com