Illusion

Magic and illusionism are often seen as a mix of deception and tacky entertainment. But in the right hands, magic is a performance art with a unique emotional impact... it's the art of the apparently impossible. A great magical illusion is not something you watch - it's something you experience.

Malchat's most influential teachers have been magicians and he maintains close relationships with conjurers all over the world. His love for theater was kindled when he watched the legendary magician Tommy Wonder perform in The Hague. Even then he understood that the psychology behind a trick is more important than the method. The secret of the magician is not the sleight-of-hand or the trapdoor, it's playing with the expectations of his audience.

This insight eventually led Malchat to mentalism, a branch of magic that traces back to 19th century fortune tellers, spirit mediums and swamis. In mentalism, psychology is presented as illusion and illusion as psychology. Through the skills he acquired over the years, Malchat has come to rely less on magical trickery. Yet his passion of the art of the apparently impossible is undiminished.