Initial name of Sound Piece so I don’t forget; ABRACADABRA

• This idea primary focus is on the practice of traditional and modern magic, in relation to artistic expression and how the true meaning of magic has been lost and contorted. (Inspired by the comic writers Alan Moore and Grant Morrison)

Essentially,

Over time, pushed by the 19th and 20th Centuries renewed fascination with the fantastical, the idea of being a magician or producing magic has undergone a radical metamorphosis. Locked within the world of pop culture, cheap entertainment and video games, the true meaning of Magic or ‘The Art’ has been lost.

• Magic is a science of language
• The earliest forms of magic is often referred to as ‘The Art’, I personally believe this to be literal.

MAGIC IS ART AND ART IS MAGIC

• The science of manipulating words or symbols to achieve changes within the human consciousness.

A Grimmoir, A book of spells is pretty much a book on grammar. To ‘cast a spell’ is simply to spell a word.

MOORE SAYS;

The idea of culture or a culture began with cults, overseen by the Shaman (artist, learned man) who could generate pools of interest or thought through his/hers art, most likely writing and songs. They could offer advice or help others understanding things, elevated by a heightened sense of lateral thinking.

This form of beneficial shamanism has now been reduced to cheap entertainment, manipulation, shock and algorithms. Over the last two hundred years artists and writers have formed the collected belief that art and writing are merely forms of entertainment, they are not scene as a transformative experience.

It is the job of the artist to give the audience what they need. Otherwise the audience would be the artists.