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Short video of Dan and Dave’s lecture at the Double Fond in Paris. 16 17 18 March 2008.

A must learn display for those of you that plan to travel to Paris (maybe to meet up with the Scenacle guys?) that will definetly earn you some tips so learn it well my friends.

Ladies and gentlemen, im proud to present you my friends Mattgic and Maxim’s long awaited project, a Cardistry dvd and 45 minutes film that will change the way you feel towards flourishing.

-Alejandro Portela

Coming soon at www.TheCuso.info/theCode

Hi guys,

I guess most of you have noticed the Interviews tab on the top navbar of the blog, or at least have seen a couple of them either here or at my youtube channel.

I started this initiative because I thought our art lacked personality, i mean, we knew each other for our avatar and signatures in the forums and our perfect manicure (which i didn’t ever have) from the videos.

First I thought of trying to interview the big names only so that we could demistify themselves and put them closer to us poor average card guys, but then, after a while i thought it would be interesting to interview anyone that was in the “spotlight” or had anything interesting to say about our art.

The easier method i though of was sending them some questions in a text file that they should answer whenever they had some spare time.

This way i got a few interesting ones but then i got to ask my friend Jordan Lapping and he came up with the idea of doing the interview in front of his webcam, thus making it even more personal and impromptu.

I loved it and then I started asking many people to do that for the community.

The responses were priceless, and this was what made this blog be what it is now, so I feel like I have to thank you for building up this whole thing with your videos, articles, card gossip and constructive comments.

There are some great interviews for you to watch if you didn’t already and some other scheduled for the future, here is the list of the names that we’ve got so far so select one, sit back and enjoy and after that mind leaving a comment or asking them a question.

TheCuso interviews Kent
TheCuso interviews Chris Hestnes
TheCuso interviews Kate
TheCuso interviews Vincent Dark
TheCuso interviews Jaspas
TheCuso interviews Ineski (taken down temporary)
TheCuso interviews Mattgic and MaXim
TheCuso Interviews Adam
TheCuso interviews Pierre Tran
TheCuso interviews David Blanch
TheCuso interviews Bone Ho
TheCuso interviews Jordan Lapping
TheCuso interviews Daren Yeow
TheCuso interviews Jonas Haglund

There are some great interviews coming up like Kevin Ho’s,that he might film this weekend, Cardshark88’s (co-founder of The3C and youtube top subscribed card guru), Justflourish staff (Sebastian, Tical…), Luka, Brendan Conner, Justin Kelly, Scenacle french guys, Scott and Sean, Allan Hagen, Ling and many more.

So i would like to hear from you about what do you think about this whole initiative and how could it be improved, who would you like to be interviewed in the future or what other ideas do you have to bring the artist closer.

Leave a comment and chose your favourite interview.

- Alejandro Portela

For those who liked F 501, consider this as a present ;)
This was shot the same day, at the same place as F 501. Here is the whole Scenacle team: Mattgic, MaXim, Dimitri, 7heart and Aristote.

Enjoy !

The CODE is a flourish and magic DVD by Mattgic and MaXim.

The DVD contains:

• A 45mn movie about Cardistry with some flourish demos (teaser here), full of action, suspense and humor
• A Studio part with everything explained in detail: About 15 techniques, plus their variations. Flourishes, magic effects, productions…
• An Extra part with Bonus ; street made tutorials, out takes, hidden footages

We started this project only for a few friends but soon lots of people became interested. We wanted this DVD to be cool and nice to watch. It’s an amateur project made for those who love flourishes, magic and/or films.
The flourishes you’ll learn in this DVD will allow you to create your own variations and your own material. We hope to give you some ideas so that you find your variations.

Check out our youtube channel to watch some of our videos : http://youtube.com/user/MaTandMaX.

The CODE is already available in DVD, in two versions, English and French with the same content.

Feel free to ask any questions in the comments section below.

18€ Shipping Included.*

*Shipping & handling fees are on the house for a limited time so act now and get your copy before they are gone.

The CODE: Français