Lennart Green Tribute:
The Master of Chaos Playing Cards
Description:
Hello everyone, my name is Takumi Takahashi. I am a close-up magician from Japan. I am very happy to finally introduce to you Lennart Green Tribute: The Master of Chaos Playing Cards. As you can see, this deck is a tribute to the legendary magician, Mr. Lennart Green. As a pupil of Mr. Green, I wanted to thank him for everything he has done for me. And this is my way of doing that.
Lennart Green is a Swedish world champion close-up magician, a title which he won in 1991 at the FISM convention in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is known for his seemingly chaotic routines which, in spite of first appearances, display great skill. His original techniques and presentation style form an unorthodox and innovative contribution to sleight of hand magic.
Lennart Green invented a lot of unique moves such as the Snap Deal, Top Shot, Green Shuffle, Angle Separation, and more. He is also into self-working tricks and has created amazing effects.
We have been working on this design for over a year and, for the last 3 months, we have been working round the clock every day in order to make this as perfect as it can be. In the beginning, I simply just wanted a Lennart Green deck only for myself, but I then realized that it would be amazing to share it with the world.
We have put our hearts into the making of this deck. Designs have been changed countless times until we felt that we have truly captivated the soul of Mr. Lennart Green. We have considered including a marking system in the design, but we felt it doesn't suit Mr. Green's magic style and decided to keep it as a regular deck.
It's got legendary Lennart Green's portraits.
On the sides of the portraits, it's got Mr. Green's hands holding a deck of playing cards.
In the background, it's got The Magic Square, as it's one of Mr. Green's favorite tricks.
The stolen Laser from a Russian satellite shoots out a laser beam into the EYE in the center of the card back.
There are 56 cards in the deck with 2 Jokers, a double backer and a certificate card.
Two of Mr. Green's famous quotes surround the boarders:
"If you cannot hide it, emphasize it."
"If the greedy person really understood how profitable it is to be generous, he should immediately be generous by pure greediness."
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Lennart Green
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born 25 December 1941 (age 79)
Västervik, Sweden[1]
Nationality Swedish
Occupation Magician
Known for Magic tricks. Mainly card magic.
Notable work
Masterfile, Greenlite
Sven Lennart Green (born 25 December 1941) is a Swedish world champion close-up/card magician, a title which he won in 1991 at the FISM convention in Lausanne, Switzerland.[2] He is known for his seemingly chaotic routines which, in spite of first appearances, display great skill.[3] His original techniques and presentation style form an unorthodox and innovative contribution to sleight of hand magic.[4]
Contents
1 Biography
2 Works
3 Notes
4 Sources
5 External links
Biography
Green began practicing magic at the age of 18. Green competed at the 1988 FISM convention in The Hague, Netherlands, and was erroneously disqualified because the judges believed he had used stooges in his act to shuffle the cards.[5] In 1991, he performed the same act but insisted that the judges themselves shuffle the cards to prove that he used no stooges. The judges then awarded him first place.[6]
Green has appeared on the fourth World's Greatest Magic television special. He lives in Gothenburg, Sweden, and lectures internationally.
He appeared at TED in February 2005, where he performed his signature card routine.[7]
Privately, Green has worked 7 years as a doctor in Sweden.[8] In 2014 Green suffered a stroke that prevented him from performing lectures in the following months, but has since fully recovered.[9]
Works
Green Magic – Classic Green, Volumes 1–6, DVD
Green Magic – Green Lite, Volume 7, DVD
Masterfile, Volumes 1–4, DVD
The Stolen Cards, DVD
The Figurine, DVD
Notes
Swedish Census 1970.
"World Championship of Magic – Winners 1991 to 1997". FISM. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
"Lennart Green - International Close Up Magic Competition (Ron MacMillan)". 1988. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
"Lennart Green and the Modern Drama of Sleight of Hand". Retrieved 2013-10-30.
"Lennert Green Biography (translated and posted here)". Geniimagazine.com. 1941-12-25. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
FISM History Part 6[permanent dead link]
"TED Talks: Lennart Green does close-up card magic". Ted.com. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
Cui's talk: The Magician Lennart Green (9 June 2009) YouTube. Retrieved 1 February 2020
Richard Kaufman (5 July 2014) Lennart Green is Seriously Ill Retrieved 1 February 2020
Sources
Tibbs, Geoff, "Lennart Green and the Modern Drama of Sleight of Hand", Journal of Performance Magic, 1(1), October 2013.
External links
Lennart Green at TED Edit this at Wikidata
