quiet cicadas defy nature
This zine is inspired by cicadas, an omnipresent and loud motif found in Japan's summer. The contents of the zine explores how silence in contrast to noise, can be weaponised and perceived as a louder statement instead. The silence I attempted to portray through this zine was brought about by the sense of displacement in a foreign country, which was further amplified due to linguistic barriers. Through the process of materialising thoughts into words, imagined imagery into photographs and collages, the zine gave me an opportunity to heal and acclimatise to the new environment. As well as to steady and accept myself as an anomaly within it.