Name: The Labyrinth: 100 Rooms of Magic, Memory & Meaning w/ Ferdinando Buscema
Start: 2025-10-04T13:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-04T14:00:00-07:00
Location: Philosophical Research Society

$The Labyrinth: 100 Rooms of Magic, Memory & Meaning w\/ Ferdinando Buscema$

Part performance, part conversation, part conceptual art, The Labyrinth is both an intellectual adventure and a magical experience
About this Event

Step into The Labyrinth—a living memory palace of 100 rooms, each holding a fragment of wonder.

In this unique lecture-performance, magus Ferdinando Buscema invites participants to wander through the shifting corridors of his imagination, revealing unexpected shapes of magic beyond entertainment.

Drawing from philosophy, literature, cinema, and the craft of conjuring, Ferdinando shares glimpses of his personal cabinet of marvels. Each room becomes an entry point into larger questions:

How do we create meaning in times of chaos?

How do we choose what to remember?

How do we cultivate the martial art of attention?

Part performance, part conversation, part conceptual art, The Labyrinth is both an intellectual adventure and a magical experience—a chance to wonder and wander, and perhaps discover new pathways in the architecture of your own mind.

About the presenter:

Ferdinando Buscema (www.ferdinando.biz) is an international magician and experience designer known for blending sleight-of-hand with philosophy, storytelling, and design. His work explores how wonder can shift perception and open new spaces for reflection.

Buscema has collaborated with leading corporations, universities, and cultural institutions worldwide, creating experiences that fuse enchantment with insight. He is a regular guest performer at Hollywood’s The Magic Castle and currently serves as Magician-in-Residence at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto.

His latest project, A Maze: From Hell to Heaven, is a labyrinthine “book of 100 rooms” weaving magic, memory, and meaning into a living artifact of astonishment.

Ticket price: $12 & free to PRS Members (email [email protected] for more info!)

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