Center for Tactical Magic


The Center for Tactical Magic is an American artist group[4] launched in 2000[1] and based in the San Francisco Bay Area[2] that engages in research, development, and deployment of actions, events and community-based projects that combine art, magic and politics.[5]

Center for Tactical Magic
NationalityUnited States
Known forContemporary Art
Notable work
Universal Keys, Magic(k) Wands[1], Witches' Cradles[2][1], The Tactical Ice Cream Unit[2], Cricket-Activated Defense System[3]
Websitetacticalmagic.org

Their work has been presented at the Museum of Capitalism, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and Grand Arts.[6]

Selected works

The Bank Heist Contest (2013)

The Bank Heist Contest offered $1000 for the best bank robbery proposal.[1] [7]

Notes
  1. Coombs, Gretchen (17 April 2014). "See to believe: the Center for Tactical Magic's sleight of hand". Journal of Aesthetics & Culture. 6 (1): 23713. doi:10.3402/jac.v6.23713.
  2. Coombs, Gretchen (2014). "Activism, art and social practice: a case study using Jacques Ranciere's framework for analysis". Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand.
  3. "Action". Center for Tactical Magic. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. Spampinato, Francesco (2014). Come together : the rise of cooperative art and design (Firstition ed.). ISBN 1616892684.
  5. "Center for Tactical Magic". www.tacticalmagic.org. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  6. Thompson, Nato; Noordeman, Arjen. The interventionists : users' manual for the creative disruption of everyday life. MASS MoCA. ISBN 026220150X.
  7. "Center for Tactical Magic". www.tacticalmagic.org. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

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