Illusionist Scott Silven Can Turn A Video Call Into A Magical 'Journey'

A slender, dark-haired young man walks along the windblown Scottish coast, picking up stones and discovering the ruins of a cottage. The young man is mentalist Scott Silven, and you are about to go on a journey with him.

Silven has toured the world delighting audiences with seemingly impossible illusions. But with the pandemic confining him to his home in Scotland, he hatched a new interactive online show, commissioned by nine arts centers around the world.

The show is called The Journey, and the first step is you log in, and give permission to the producers to use your video and audio.

"I invite 30 people from across the world to travel virtually to my childhood home in Scotland," Silven explains. "And we go on a journey together that explores the power of home and place and connection. And we use their thoughts and memories as the guide on that journey."