Johan Lorbeer became famous in the past years particularly because of his spectacular “Still-Life” Performances, which took place frequently in the public area. His installations like “Proletarian Mural” and “Tarzan” are famous in Germany, but still unknown internationally. This artist was pointed to us, by our fan Simon, who sent us the original article. I have no idea how these performances were done, it bugs me /a lot) quite frankly! So if you have some knowledge or ideas, be sure to post them under comments! This is what Simon sent us:
German news website Spiegel Online features this nice photo of a performance artist Johan Lorbeer in a still-life-performance” in Krasnojarsk (it’s said to be in Siberia…)! Quite fun to see, and “Johan Lorbeer” on google images reveals many more fun installations. I don’t have a clue how they work! Keep on building the fabulous page!!!
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There’s an old magic trick which is similar to this, where a man would be seen to levitate with only a bar to rest his arm on. The secret, as you can guess, is in the arm-rest used. Here, instead of a bar which connects the performer to the ground, it is a wall. I’m guessing it’s the same principle (I don’t want to give away the secret because it really is a good trick, but it should do to say that the arm on the wall is a crucial factor). In the same way, the broom in the other illusion will be pretty much the same thing.
He’s updated a very old illusion and made it seem fresh again. I love this one.
I’m just wondering if the bar going up his arm sleeve just goes onto a harness on his torso or also supports his feet to stop them from dangling.
…maybe his zipper being down is part of the trick (picture 4)
it’s really not that hard all you have to do is levitate
photoshop is god
if this guy can really levitate….why does he need to touch the wall at all.
Marvellous trick. But even with a bar in this arm, how he can support all the body weight? There should be even more than a trick, to stand up stick to the wall in this wall.. that’s marvellous at all !
The key is the contact to the wall. Also, who said the supports had to stop at his sleeve? Either way, neat trick, but looses it’s effect if there’s an engineer in the audience.
I’m pretty sure the twisting creases you see in his pants in pics 1,2,4 are wires in his pants. As for 6, there could very well be a stiff wire framework that goes through the buckets to be rooted in the ground, which runs under his clothes.
That’s not even his hand on the wall. Notice the bend in his arm and in the shadow in picture 4.
Another performance at Genova Italy
here
Sorry “Balls” no Photoshop..
By from Italy
I think that the key is an impression that was made on us.
And that it’s so controversial…
Gilby, it’s a simple matter of a specially-made suit that supports his body. It should run underneath his arm and around his body. I imagine it’d be still quite strenuous to be in that position for any length of time but he’s being held in that position.
And other Alex, I think an engineer being present ought to kill the effect :-P
Engineers are the worst audiences for illusions. They’re pretty good at working out the secrets.
You’re missing the point. He’s not a magician, he’s an artist.
Think “why?” rather than “how?”
Maybe he’s like a super hero and we don’t know it yet. I don’t know if this worlds ready for super heros!
The secret is a little bit of Super Glue and a lotta big of strength. :-)
Juuuuust kidding.
Here’s a transalated version of Fabrizio’s link
It wouldn’t have anything to do with holography (advanced optical illusion) per a chance? Whatever, it definitly is impressing.
#6…what the heck is that?
=^.^=
It’s just static electricity – I saw him rubbing his head like crazy before sticking his hand to the wall.
These photographs are not tricks. Everybody can perform in a like manner if the following procedure is followed maticulously:-
1. On a monday morning, take a bath with cold water. during the bath you have to continuously chant the gayatri mantra.
2. wear unstiched white cloths. sit in padmasna and concentrate on a white dot painted on a black background about 5 feet in front of your eyes at eye level. continue for at least 45 minutes. longer the better. During these 45 minutes you should speak in your mind the following mantra:-
Ekomkar satnam karta purkh nirbhow nirvair akal murat ajuni saimbh gurparsad
3. after three weeks, you feel upward pull towards the sky. in the beginning it will be slight. the key is you should not resist it rather try to aid it by feeling exhilration and happy. yield to it you will have won the fight against gravity. enjoy it.
what the heck?!?!
How’s it done?
Its simple.
Its an old trick
Supported by a harness attached to his torso, a steel bar under his arm supports his weight, but it is still a very strenuos and tiring illusion for a magician to perform
The arm and hand is fake. It is actually a bar that runs under the armpits and he has his hand hidden under the jacket. At least that’s my guess.
u guys think too much. duh! hes just levitating!
I am German and I`ve never heard of this guy till … now. But it`s cool what he`s doing there! I’d really like to know how he`s doing that! I mean, no one would think a 14 year old girl knows this trick so it could be kinda fun showing them I do … well, don`t listen .. read, I was more talking, er, writing oO to myself than to you xD
Why and How are the difference between Religion and Science.
If you don’t think ‘How?’ all you get is ‘OMG IT MUST BE GOD!’
look at his left arm in pic 2… it’s a little bit longer or not proportionated compared to the rest of his body, it’s harder to notice in pic 1 because of the angle, but open the large version of pic 2 (click on it) that’s when it becomes so obvious and that’s why his right arm is not extended and always on his hip, so you can’t see the actual length of his “natural” arm and the difference between the fake arm (the one on the wall) not-so-obvious … the arm is fake, and his real arm is hidden under his jacket look how his jacket is slightly bumped even though he is totally parallel to the wall in a 90 degree angle… gravity should pull his jacket down, not towards the wall. his body is supported by the fake arm which should be connected to an harness or body suit around his torso
I’ve came out with explanations for all the other tricks… it’s really not so hard, since he uses fake body parts and metal supports, but then again, he’s a respectable, creative and clever guy! the pics make a great impression, i can’t imagine seeing him live!
did you notice in the last picture there is almost a watermark image of someone in an orange suite with the broom and the legs being cut off by the window he is facing the opposite way
Fao Seraphor:
Unless you’re an atheist…. then what you get is:
“Hmm…this is pretty neat…what’s the bet everyone says it’s God?”
Still pretty cool though.
And the trick is to KNOW WHAT TO SAY WHY TO AND WHAT TO SAY HOW TO.
…you just look at the shadows the light throws on the opposite wall of the room. Look at it again. It’s amazing. You will see that there are not just walls attached to the persons but whole buildings. I imagine that building a house is no magic at all and spoke to some engineers who explained to me how it is done. But why? I have no clue. But to be honest, I find cave drawings a much bigger source of reason and truth than having the eyes fixed on such artistic illusion.
Pietro
on the one where he is leaning forward, he probbally has these special shose that allow you to bend forward that far, trust me i’ve tryed them.
lol thats weird
Aren’t his flies open in pic 4!?! or is that an illusion!!!! ha ha!!!
magnets! super large, super powerful magnets! houdini did this trick years ago. get a clue people!
I know how they do it, so i’ll just give you a clue. (It would be a lot more revealing without a sports coat on)……darn that kinda just gave it away!
If you were strong enough, you could do the ‘cleaner with broom’ ones yourself WITHOUT a body support frame.
The broom is clearly stuck to the wall, but from the way he leans out from it, he could simply be using it to brace his feet against the wall.
That sort of thing is not so hard- any decent rock climber could do it. (at least for a while!)
Of course this begs the question… How does he get down?
If you look at the black and white picture, you can see the shadow of his right leg, his left leg, and then something else that’s much smaller. Anchor?
Eh, but you can see it blatantly in the other two pics i guess.
His arm is the bar. His hide his arm in his cloth.
his zipper to his pants is down in picture #4! haha!
Maybe he unhooks the bar and tries to fall down 10 feet with magician-like cadence.
it was a very nice trick but obsolete.
While you think “How” I used to think “Why” Why would he hang in the air like that? For the entertainment of others? To prove that he is better than us all? Thats what I USED to think, now I think, COOL. No,I’m not trying to be deep
Here is the clue:
http://www.picspay.com/uploads/gahsoon/main/TarzanStandbein20.jpg
Well, if you look at the man when he is wearing a yellow jacket, and the one where he is weaering the red jacket, you can clearly see the bars holidng him up..
fairly easy to do.., or there is an extra hand which is reallu a bar going through his jacket which is holding him up..
on the last one, a side-ways photo of him standing on the ground was taken and the pillars are part of the WALL not th FLOOR as it may seem.
Here you guys, here’s the answer
THE ARM IS A FAKE..!!! It’s attached to a body brace that holds up his thighs (his fake arm is the supporting bar)and his real arm is hidden inside his clothes.
I dont know how he does all of them but as for the seventh one it’s easily explained, its just a wall, from the angle hes on it quite easy to tell that he has just painted a wall in the way, for there is nothing that can show he’s really standing on the wall
7th pic. he is laying on a wall sticking out