I got to see Electrum in operation back in 1998, while this fellow was sitting inside the dome while it was discharging. It was amazing. I remember him saying in a deadpan, just before he fired it up, "And now we're going to see a very graphical demonstration of Faraday's Law." Then lightning as thick as your wrist started coming out of the metal cage inches from his face. Afterwards he said, "I feel funny... but fine."
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Enough YouTubeing will find the performance group using musical coils where the guy basically just wears chainmail and a beekeeper's mask to the same effect. Unless these are the same people.
I know that Tesla Orchestra does stuff like that.
ArcAttack comes to mind -- they use large tunable Tesla coils to play. :)
Definitely not the same group. The Lightning Foundry appears to be more about science, not Vaudeville.
meanwhile, in new zealand http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-extra-long-electrical-arcs-energy.html
As I recall, Tesla wanted to use giant coils such as these to transmit power wirelessly; it had the unfortunate side effect of inducing current in such things as household plumbing -- careful how you sit on the toilet, say -- and horses' hooves.
That's what They want you to think!
Edison-lover!