His show of intimate sleight-of-hand magic,Magic: Close-up in Concert, ran for six months at the Rainbow Room in New York City.[10][11] It was remounted in San Diego in 2017.[12][13]
Swiss is a co-founder[14] and currently a co-producer and performer forMonday Night Magic,[15][16] New York City's longest running Off-Broadway show.[17][18]
In 2000, Swiss presented a one-man showThe Honest Liar as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.[19] It was produced by Premiere Productions.[20]
Jamy Ian Swiss is the author of theessay collectionsShattering Illusions,[21][5]Devious Standards[22] andPreserving Mystery, all three of which have been reissued in a combined trilogy boxed set.[23]
He is the author of the book "Conjurer's Conundrum" which deals with the intersection of magic and skepticism.[24]
He is also a co-author of the companion volume to thePBS documentaryThe Art of Magic,[25] and the "Explaining Magic" chapter ofVisual Explanations[26] byEdward Tufte.[27]
Additionally, he has contributed to, or consulted on, the following books, among others:
Swiss co-wrote (and wrote the foreword to) the two-volume book set entitledThe Magic of Johnny Thompson,[35] which details the secrets of seventy-eight of famed magicianJohnny Thompson's most celebrated magic routines.
He has written forSkeptic magazine, wrote forGenii, the Conjurors’ Magazine from April 1993 to January 2013, and contributed a regular column of essays for the quarterly magic journalAntimony.
He wrote a regular column of magic book reviews entitledThe Lyon's Den as well as a 71-part series calledTake Two, which pays tribute to important figures and additional subjects in the history of magic, including commentary on curated video selections.[36]
He has lectured to magicians in 13 countries.[37] He also created and producesCard Clinic, an "intensive seminar on sleight-of-hand magic with playing cards."[38]
He is regarded as a mentor, instructor, and consultant to magicians[39][40] and has been called the "must-read, must-fearMichiko Kakutani of magic publishing".[41]
He has been featured in on-stage events about skepticism and magic with Penn and Teller,Ray Hyman, and others.[48]
Swiss is a co-founder of the New York City Skeptics[49] and the National Capital Area Skeptics[50][51] and as a skeptic of the paranormal,[52] he has been a longtime critic of "unethical mentalists"[53] and "psychic con artists"[54] who use "supernatural deceit" for personal gain.
He was a Senior Fellow of theJames Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) where he also served as a member of theMillion Dollar Challenge committee (by which the foundation offered a million dollar prize for anyone able to duplicate a paranormal feat under mutually agreed upon test conditions).
He is an expert on psychic charlatans,[55] and on the intersection of science, magic, and skepticism.[56]
He was a comedy writer and chief magic consultant forPenn & Teller on their television program,Sin City Spectacular, and he was associate producer for 24 episodes.[60] He also served as head writer and associate director forThe Virtual Magician starringMarco Tempest, which aired in 45 countries.
Swiss was featured onNPR discussing the art of teaching and preserving magic.[40]
Swiss was the magic designer for the feature filmThe Fantasticks among others.[66]
He appeared as a commentator[67] in the documentaryMerchants of Doubt,[68] drawing a parallel between his 'honest' lying and the deceitful lying in politics and business.[69][70] He also appeared as a commentator in the feature-length documentary "An Honest Liar" about fellow magician and skepticJames Randi.[71]
^Swiss, Jamy Ian (2002).Shattering illusions: Essays on the Ethics, History, and Presentation of Magic. Seattle, Wash.: Hermetic Press.ISBN094529641X.OCLC56537227.
^Gaiman, Neil (2019).American Gods. Translated by Faerna, Mónica. Illustrated by McKean, Dave (Primera edición en este formato ed.). Barcelona.ISBN978-8417305635.OCLC1085652271.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Macknik, Stephen L.; Martinez-Conde, Susana; Blakeslee, Sandra (2011).Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about our Everyday Deceptions (1st Picador ed.). New York: Picador.ISBN978-0312611675.OCLC709674003.
