Wittus Witt

Wittus Witt (2019)

Wittus Witt (* 7. August 1949 as Hans-Günter Witt in Bockhorst ) is a German magician , writer , gallery owner and publisher.

Live and act

Hans-Günter Witt passed his Abitur in 1971 at the CJD-Gymnasium in Versmold in East Westphalia and then went to the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf to study with Joseph Beuys to study art teaching. After Joseph Beuys was dismissed by the then Minister of Culture, Johannes Rau , Witt switched to the University of Applied Sciences for Design in Düsseldorf, where he obtained his degree as a designer in 1976.

In 1975 he was discovered by Jean Pütz from WDR in Cologne. Since then he has appeared on television over two hundred times. From 1994 to 1997 he had his own magic television series on WDR: " Tele-Zauber mit Wittus Witt ". Wittus Witt also moderated many television programs. From 1993 to 1995 he regularly performed interactive magic on the radio by telephone with callers who were switched to the studio.

Wittus Witt is one of the founding members of the association of full-time magicians “Die Profis”, who met in autumn 1989 for the first time. The members included the magician Gutelli and the ventriloquist Jörg Jará .

In addition, he has become known to the public through book publications. With his collection of historical magic boxes he was able to equip many exhibitions at home and abroad. In 2004, part of the collection was auctioned off at the auction house for antique toys in Winterthur. Witt has published the only business directory for magicians for his colleagues since 1977: "Yellow Magic Pages". In 2000 he took over Germany's trade magazine for magicians, the Magische Welt founded in 1952 , in which he had previously published articles and a column, and led it to a high-circulation specialist publication in Europe.

Witt made theater appearances at Kom (m) ödchen in Düsseldorf , in the cabaret Die Stachelschweine in Berlin and in the Renitenztheater Stuttgart. He gave lectures on magic in adult education centers .

In 1980 Witt initiated the first German magical historian and collector's symposium , which has since been organized by magicians in various cities. In 2006 he founded the Magic Theater Festival at the Mülheim Theater , which was held four times. In 2011 Witt organized the 1st Hamburg Magic Nights in the Hamburg cellar theater . In 2012 the 2nd Hamburg Magic Nights followed . In October 2012 he opened Germany's first magic gallery Galerie-W , in which exhibitions on magic are shown and works by visual artists are exhibited. In August 2013 Wittus Witt organized the 5th European Conference of Magic Historians (EMHC), which was launched in Paris in 2005. Edwin Alfred Dawes from England took part as the guest of honor . The Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Memorial Ring was also awarded for the 7th time at the 5th EMHC . At the same time as the EMHC, the 3rd Hamburg Magic Nights took place in the mirror hall of the Museum of Art & Industry . In March 2014 Witt started the Zauber-Pedia , an online lexicon on the subject of magic.

On April 7th, 2019 Wittus Witt acted as jury leader for the international culture award of the magic of Neu-Ulm. The prize was awarded at the opening of the 150th anniversary of the city of Neu-Ulm in the Ratiopharm-Arena .

Wittus Witt is the great-grandson of the Leipzig architect Pauls Richter .

In March 2020, the book " Die Bartl-Chronik " , published and designed by Wittus Witt, was placed on the " long list " of the Hamburg State and University Library .

TV programs (selection)

• The Art of Deception , together with Flip , TV film by Mario Angelo and Wolf Hengstenberg, WDR, 1984
• Zauberhaft , (full program moderation) West 3, broadcast on December 29, 1990
• Applause-Applause , (complete program moderation) ARD, broadcast on January 17, 1991
• The magic effect , together with Paul Daniels , Volker Huber and Juan Tamariz , TV film by Peter Krieg , ARTE, 1995
• Christmas Magic with Wittus Witt , WDR, broadcast on December 24, 1998
• The long Saturday , co-moderation with Uta Bresan , mdr , January 8, 2000

Awards

• 1st prize Comedy Magic 1976, Vienna, FISM World Championship of Magic
• TZ-Rose, Munich, award for outstanding performance in the cultural field for the Schöne Schein program

Publications

Fonts (selection) 1980 ABC of Magic Sets, periodical on the development of the magic box, (in English) until 2004, 73 issues 1980 Catalog for the exhibition "ZAUBER boxes and posters", Ulrich and Ulrike, Düsseldorf 1982 Catalog for the exhibition "The Magic World of Pocket Players", Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss 1984 Catalog for the exhibition "The Magic World of Pocket Players", Städtische Galerie im Park, Viersen 1986 Sleight of hand, Heinrich Hugendubel Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-88034-273-3 . 1987 Magic boxes, Heinrich Hugendubel Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-88034-338-1 . 1988 Wunder Weeks, information about Wittus Witt's activities, every 12 weeks, a total of 4 issues 1988 Pocket Player Tricks, 2nd edition 1990 Cortini - monograph by a German magician, self-published 1991 ABC of FISM '91, a summary of the 18th World Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland, (in English) 8 pages 1991 ABC of Faxic, faxed newsletter for professional magicians, (in English) 56 issues up to 1994 1993 Yellow Magic Pages No. 7, Intern. Magic Yellow Pages, ISBN 3-499-18934-8 . 1994 Magic Tricks - Tips and Techniques for Sleevers, rororo 1997 Kuk-Tele-Zauber, video plus magazine, 12 × 20 cm, sic! -Verlag 2001 Werry - A life around the “magical” world, self-published, ISBN 978-3-00-037040-3 . 2008 Magic and Enchanting , Verlag Eppe, ISBN 3-89089-862-9 . 2008 Magic jokes, Verlag Eppe, ISBN 978-3-89089-860-5 . 2014 65 Magic Stories, Magical World, ISBN 978-3-00-045949-8 . 2014 Buch-Zauber-Buch, Galerie-W, ISBN 978-3-00-046585-7 . 2014 Cards for Magicians, Galerie-W, ISBN 978-3-00-047548-1 . 2015 Dancing Sticks, Fredo Raxon, Fredo Marvelli, Punx, 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-048883-2 . 2015 Barkow and Friedländer, magic posters from the Wittus Witt collection, 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-049837-4 . 2015 The Art of Floating, 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-050975-9 . 2014 iMaginarium, Llaura Sünner, Ralf Jurszo, Tobias Sandberger, 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-047042-4 . 2016 JACK, in profile - in the woods - in the boox, 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-053624-3 . 2016 Expectations, Antje Bromma, Doris Cordes-Vollert , Tonia Kudras, 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-052765-4 . 2016 MEINS, bookplate in the art of magic, 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-054055-4 . 2016 Grace and Time, Ralf-Rainer Odenwald , 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-054821-5 . 2017 The Aquarium Principle, Manfred Eichhorn , 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-055956-3 . 2017 POLE Shift and other whims Llaura I. Sünner and Sabine Mohr, 2017, ISBN 978-3-947289-02-8 . 2017 Matters of opinion · Magician on postcards and advertising cards, Prof. Dr. P. Rawert, W. Witt, 2017, ISBN 978-3-947289-02-8 . 2017 Oh if the world ...; Prof. Peter Thiele , 2017, ISBN 978-3-947289-04-2 .

2018 Earthworks, Joe Eagle (Achim Sperber), 2018, ISBN 978-3-947289-06-6 . 2018 Looking for MagicPetra Gabriele Dannehl , 2018, ISBN 978-3-947289-07-3 . 2018 Loopholes for forgetful angels, Maria Hobbing , June 2018, ISBN 978-3-947289-08-0 . 2018 Voyager 2.0, Ralf Jurszo , July 2018, ISBN 978-3-947289-09-7 . 2018 Walter Wenger ; Illustrator · Graphic artist · Magician, July 2018, ISBN 978-3-947289-10-3 . 2018 Drawings, Anne Dingkuhn, August 2018, ISBN 978-3-947289-11-0 . 2018 Knots prohibited, Erdmute Prautzsch , October 2018, ISBN 978-3-947289-14-1 . Magic sets 1978 The magician, magic box, Nürburg games, Franz Dumke 1978 Der Zauberjunior, Zauberkasten, Nürburg-Spiele, Franz Dumke 1980 Ted active handicraft folder # 1, bottle hike, Schreiber Verlag, Esslingen 1980 Ted active handicraft folder # 2, Das Becherspiel, Schreiber Verlag, Esslingen 1981 Facsimile magic box “The Little Magician” based on an original from 1880, Franz-Josef Holler, Munich 1981 Hokus Pokus Handicraft, a handicraft and magic box, Spear Games, Nuremberg 1982 Ted active handicraft folder # 3, Würfelwanderung, Schreiber Verlag, Esslingen 1982 Ted active handicraft folder # 4, Würfelpokal, Schreiber Verlag, Esslingen 1983 Facsimile magic box The Magician based on an original from 1920, Franz-Josef Holler, Munich 1984 Ted active handicraft folder # 5, The blooming cactus, Schreiber Verlag, Esslingen 1985 Wittus Witt magic show, a handicraft and magic box, ASS Verlag 1988 Magic Tricks, SIMEX Handicrafts, Richard Simm & Sons 1988 Facsimile magic box “L'Escamoteur” based on an original from 1920, Franz-Josef Holler, Munich 1990 Magic folder 1, Schreiber-Modellbau-Bogen, Esslingen 1990 Magic folder 2, Schreiber-Modellbau-Bogen 1991 Wittus Witts witty magic games, 21 tricks in a matchbox, self-published 1991 Canon Magic Tricks, The Magic of Colors: CLC 300, a magic set for Canon, edition of 350 copies

Editing

• 2004 Bieg Dich !, W. Geissler-Werry
• 2004 Money Her !, W. Geissler-Werry
• 2004 MAGIC ?, W. Geissler-Werry
• 2011 Pan Zero, diary memories of 20 years of living with magic, Gisela Panzer, ISBN 978-3-00-037041-0 .
• 2012 paperback calendar, magicians, ISBN 978-3-00-038148-5 .
• 2012 The new misdirection, Boo de Hoop
• 2012, I'm a star like any other, Otto Wessely , ISBN 978-3-00-038148-5 .
• 2014 IMAGINARIUM, exhibition guide for the exhibition of the same name in Galerie-W, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-00-047042-4 .
• 2014 Zauber-Buch-Zauber, exhibition guide to the exhibition of the same name at Galerie-W, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-00-046585-7 .
• 2014 Karten für Zauberer, catalog brochure for the exhibition of the same name in Galerie-W, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-00-047548-1 .
• 2019 The Bartl Chronicle, Birgit Bartl-Engelhardt, ISBN 978-3-947289-23-3
• 2019 The Leichtmann Chronicle, Birgit-Bartl-Engelhardt, ISBN 978-3-947289-28-8
• 2020 Alexander Heimbürger - The Biography, Peter Mika, ISBN 978-3-947289-34-9
• 2020 Alexander Heimbürger: Mein Tagebuch, Volume 1, March 13, 1840 to October 28, 1841, 88 pages, ISBN 978-3-947289-33-2
• 2020 Alexander Heimbürger: Mein Tagebuch, Volume 2, October 7, 1841 to August 4, 1845, 68 pages, ISBN 978-3-947289-40-0
• 2020 Alexander Heimbürger: My Diary, Volume 3, October 1845 to October 13, 1849, 132 pages, ISBN 978-3-947289-41-7

literature

• Franz Schiffer: Nice appearance. The magic of Wittus Witt. Hugendubel Verlag, 1995, ISBN 3-88034-815-4 .
• Half the truth - total pleasure. Wittus Witt's beautiful appearance. Verlag Eppe, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89089-861-2 .
• Frank M. Raddatz : A trip to the magic studio. about the magician in Krefeld. In: Message of the Sphinx - Ambassador of the Sphinx. Theater der Zeit, 2006, ISBN 3-934344-76-3 .
• Armgard Seegers: Out of thin air. about the magician Wittus Witt. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. May 9, 2010.

Web links

• Literature by and about Wittus Witt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage Wittus Witt
• The magician needs the opposite report from Deutsche Welle about Wittus Witt from May 1, 2009
• Wittus Witt in conversation with Margot Litten BR-alpha forum, October 28, 2011

References and comments

1. ↑ Short biography of Wittus Witt at BR-alpha
2. ↑ Franz Schiffer: Beautiful appearance. The magic of Wittus Witt. Hugendubel Verlag, 1995, ISBN 3-88034-815-4 , p. 17.
3. ↑ August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: Who is who ?: The German Who's Who. Volume 39, Verlag Herrmann Degener, 2000, p. 1542.
4. ^ Franz Schiffer: Half truth - whole pleasure: the beautiful appearance of Wittus Witt , Verlag Eppe, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89089-861-2 , p. 17
5. ↑ Magical World. 1990, issue 2, p. 179.
6. ↑ Wittus Witt's collection of historical magic boxes will be auctioned ( Memento from March 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Elmar Schütze: The magician with the pointed tongue. Berliner Zeitung , February 2, 1999, accessed on November 11, 2010 . 
8. ↑ hamburg.kursportal.info: Magic and Illusion: Magic lecture with the well-known magician Wittus Witt ( Memento from July 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
9. ↑ Magical World. 1980, No. 4, p. 193.
10. ↑ lokalkompass.de
11. ↑ Abendblatt.de
12. ↑ hamburg.prinz.de ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ Since August 2014, the event has been taking place in the Hamburger Sprachwerk theater , according to Hamburg magic nights
14. ↑ hamburg-fuehrer.de ( memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ↑ european-magic-history.com
16. ↑ zaubernaechte.de
17. ↑ the German magic dictionary
18. ↑ Since May, the umbrella organization of Swiss magic associations, MRS ( Magic Ring of Switzerland ), has been part of the sponsor of the Magic Pedia , according to Announcement in-house organ of the MRS, issue 3, 2019, page 24
19. ↑ Message in "Swabian" retrieved on April 12, 2019
20. ↑ Documents on Witt's family tree are available and can be viewed at Witt
21. ↑ http://hamburglesen.de/ Long-List Hamburg, accessed on July 20, 2020
22. ^ ^{A b} Franz Schiffer: Half the truth - all the pleasure: the beautiful appearance of Wittus Witt , Verlag Eppe, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89089-861-2 , p. 124