a collage of various sound elements which include audio from a megaphone led demonstration crowd in London, a video interview with Harry Everett Smith (artist, experimental filmmaker, bohemian, mystic, record collector, hoarder, student of anthropology and a Neo-Gnostic bishop.), field recordings from Thailand of a squeaky door leading into a lush bird filled garden and some vocal meditation guidance at a temple and an ansaphone message from a late schizophrenic parent. These elements together create a tension that exposes a paradoxical issue. All things come from and will ultimately end in silence. While life demands freedom using the urgency and vitality of sound, silence is the ultimate non-sound that will envelop life into the realm of non-existence.
Biography
Sheer Zed is a writer, Buddhist Shaman, electronic musician, and artist. He has published articles with Indie Shaman, TQ zine, Zazen Sounds, Hadean Press, Rituals & Declarations and on the Folklore Thursday and Superstitious Saturday websites. He has released many albums of music, been featured on several compilations, and worked as a performance artist for over the last forty years. He contributed to the exhibition Do You Believe in Magic? at Bristol Museum. You can find Sheer Zed on Twitter at @SheerZed or
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