Gérard Faier, known as Gérard Majax (April 28, 1943) is a French
illusionist.
He has appeared in many television programs,
magic demonstrations, and movies.
From 1987 until 2002 he, along with
Jacques Théodor and
Henri Broch of the
Laboratoire de Zététique at the
University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, oversaw the
International Zetetic Challenge.
During the 1990s, on a late night television show by
Thierry Ardisson Majax gave a demo of the "rotating table" ''supernatural phenomenon'': a group of "randomly" selected people from the audience stood around a round table, put their hands on it, and the table went up and started rotating. Observation of a video recording made of this event showed that some participants had metal hacks hidden in the sleeves of their jackets. When the participants put the hands on the table, the hacks "pinched" the table underneath, allowing it to be lifted.
In 2000, he created The Hallucinoscope, a virtual reality system that works without electronics and gives the user the impression of walking above ground.
See also
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James Randi
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is an American illusionist and skeptic who has also offered a prize for a demonstration of
paranormal
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phenomena.
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La Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin
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References
External links
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Gérard Majax's official site*
Hallucinoscope site
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1943 births
Living people
French magicians