[2014 REPOST] "Thirteen Silences"

by @jin-out on Brave-Smoke's Corner
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24 year old Jin.

In the realm of card artistry (a branch that falls under the discipline of Prestidigitation), it's always impressive to be able to locate all 13 cards of a specific suit. When a card man produces all 13 cards of a suit, the nomenclature within the Fraternity is called "Suit Production".

"Thirteen Silences" was an exercise of applying silence to a full suit production, each card produced added another layer to the ongoing drama. As the artist strips away all superfluous communications, only allowing silence to remain, the audience is given an opportunity to experience the entire sequence visually without verbal distractions. It's this subtle use of psychology that keeps my sleight of hand under the radar, as i am manipulating my audience's expectation of the next card to be produced...

...i am always one step ahead. "A man without a plan is not a man" (Dick Tracy, 1990).

Yet this type of suit production sequence in pure silence forces the artist to use other tools at hand to ensure perfect attention control (often mis-labeled as "mis" direction...there is no "mis"...everything is done for a reason...a glance...a gesture...a nod...a wink...i am always one ahead...). We must not forget the underlying level of technique must be perfect, which is the foundation i work on.

No use hiding an unperfected technique with superfluous distractions. Better to allow my audience to look me straight in the eye, observing my hands, watching like a hawk. On video we have the privilege of rewinding...but in real time...

....Thirteen Silences.

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