Ron Shalom (b. 1989) is a songwriter, composer, bassist, vocalist and
organist, and he is leader of the Cult of the Illuminated Orifice. “Ron is slim,
slightly stooped, with a wonderful oval head perched atop that spindly but useful
body. He wears a small pair of wireframe glasses, and has a dainty mustachio beneath
his afghan nostrils. His posture reflects a peaceful and accepting attitude, arms
formed in an embracing gesture bringing his friends closer to an open heart. That
said, his art is radical like a rocket. There is always a sense of danger, or
perhaps the grotesque. He has performed in various altered states including as a
vomitorium.” I am a musician and time artist working in multiple media exploring
boundaries between forms of performance in public life, and between the musical and
the theatrical. As a musician I work in composition, songwriting, and as a double
bassist and organist. In other contexts I produce guerrilla street performance,
pornography, sculpture and theater.
