Derek DelGaudio explained

Derek DelGaudio
Birth Place:Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation:Performance artist, writer, actor, magician
Years Active:2010–present

Derek DelGaudio is an American interdisciplinary artist, primarily known as a writer, performer and magician.

He created the theater show In & Of Itself, directed by Frank Oz, and co-founded, along with artist Glenn Kaino, the performance-art collective A.BANDIT, which has staged interventions at Art L.A. Contemporary in Santa Monica, The Ball of Artists, Art Basel Miami, LA>[1] DelGaudio and Kaino also created The Mistake Room,[2] a platform for situation-specific projects, as well as The [Space] Between, a "conceptual magic shop".[3] They have also co-authored a book under the A.BANDIT name, A Secret Has Two Faces, containing interviews and stories from their careers in performance art and magic, as well as contributions from Marina Abramović, Ricky Jay, David Blaine and John Baldessari.[4]

In 2014, DelGaudio was selected Artist in Residence for Walt Disney Imagineering. He has also consulted for television and cinema projects including The Carbonaro Effect and The Prestige. He wrote and co-starred (with Hélder Guimarães) in the show Nothing to Hide, which was directed by Neil Patrick Harris and opened off-Broadway at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center in New York City on October 23, 2013.[5]

Frank Oz directed a film version of In & Of Itself which was released on Hulu on January 22, 2021. DelGaudio's nonfiction book AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies was released in March 2021.[6] [7]

In August 2021, Neal Brennan's one-man show, Unacceptable, debuted at New York City's Cherry Lane Theater, with DelGaudio as director.[8]

In 2022, DelGaudio made his feature film acting debut in Steven Soderbergh's thriller Kimi.

Reception

In the 2017 New York Times Magazine profile of DelGaudio, journalist Jonah Weiner wrote:

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A.Bandit at the Kitchen, October 5–6. October 1, 2011. Culturebot.
  2. Web site: The Mistake Room at LA>. LA>
  3. Web site: The Space Between | Magic-Con . 2016-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817204714/http://magic-con.org/news/the-space-between/ . 2016-08-17 . dead.
  4. Kaino, Glenn, and Derek DelGaudio. 2018. A.bandit: a secret has two faces.
  5. News: Playing With a Full Deck, and Your Head (Published 2013). Charles. Isherwood. The New York Times . November 7, 2013.
  6. Gordon . Devin . You've Never Seen a Magic Act Quite Like In & Of Itself . Vanity Fair . January 28, 2021.
  7. Web site: Now You See It: A Magician's Memoir Promises Truth and Other Lies . The New York Times . March 2, 2021 . March 2, 2021.
  8. Web site: Uitti . Jake . Neal Brennan and Derek DelGaudio on Grey Areas and Talent Traps . Interview . September 8, 2021 . September 10, 2021.
  9. Web site: Hall of Fame | The Academy of Magical Arts. www.magiccastle.com. July 2, 2014 .
  10. Web site: And the award goes to.... May 29, 2017. Magicana.
  11. Web site: FISM Winners – 2018.
  12. Web site: Masters of Magic World Convention: a Venaria e Torino 4 giorni di pura magia. April 29, 2019. mentelocale.it.
  13. Web site: Staff | Conjuring Arts. conjuringarts.org. January 5, 2010 .

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