32 page A5 zine, full colour print, hand stitch bound, individually stamp labelled and numbered, edition of 50. Accompanied with SNARE SOUND, a recorded mix of selected music.
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'SNARE is a journey through assembled diary-like drawings, travel photographs, studio paintings, and scans. Collected objects and recreations of existing artworks assume the roles of sacred totems and wellsprings of vitality. SNARE is an introspection into the realm of uneasy experiences and melancholy whilst exploring the capacity of world-building as a catalyst for catharsis.
SNARE SOUND is a recorded live vinyl mix of selected tracks and is introduced by SINGING SANDS, a sound collage made by the artists. The collage features dubbed recordings of desert phenomenon and voices discussing it. Featuring Raime, Holy Tongue, Prince Far I & The Arabs, Ossia and many more.'
‘According to Marco Polo, and corroborated by Chinese sources, the sands around the desert oasis of Luobuzhuang was especially perilous, due to its disorienting landscape and a natural phenomenon that causes eerie sounds to emanate from the desert. Such an environment, especially at night, was known to have caused people to become separated from their traveling companions, a situation which could easily prove fatal. Marco Polo, in a book about his travels, described the local folklore about that noisy desert region, writing, “Many people have become lost and have died in this way. And I can tell you, moreover, that men hear these spirit voices even during the daytime, and it often sounds as if they are accompanied by the strains of many musical instruments, especially drums, and the clash of arms” (Marco Polo, The Travels, Book 2). Merchants and their guides, however, were not willing to let the ghostly sands be victorious. Before long, the travelers developed procedures to combat the disorienting influence of the desert.’
