~ (Silence)

*~ (Silence)* is the seventh public video to be uploaded to the Komplot Group Band's YouTube channel.

## ~ (Silence)

### Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9TgaLIF858&t=1s

## Transcription

[0:00]: Picture 1

[0:13]: 噤 / To be silent

[0:16]: Video 1

[0:27]: 著 / To put or to place, plant

[0:30]: Video 2

[0:42]: 泽 / To shine

[0:45]: Video 3

[1:00]: 媛 / Beauty

[1:03]: Pictures 2, 3, 4: Quick flashes of building, statue, ornate interior

[1:16]: + / Japanese numerical for 10

[1:28]: 皙 / Pale Skinned, White

[1:30]: Pictures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10: Quick flashes of school, clock tower, building

[1:37]: 征 / Subjugate, control or conquer

[1:40]: Video 4: Filming a Toyota 4x4, number plate blurry, AE-400-NT?

[1:46]: a7r1

[1:49]: pm85

[1:52]: 410d

[1:55]: 1100

[1:58]: 11

[2:01]: 11001101

[2:07]: Picture 11: Route Napoleon memorial in Cannes, France.

[2:31]: End

## Details

Tilde is the first video on the Komplot channel and the only video on the channel with pictured ciphers that have an inverted colour scheme. Instead of using white on black, tilde uses black on white. The video shares this trait with *! (Speech)*. Together these videos create a duality in that tilde represents silence and exclamation is speech. The text at [0:13], 噤, "To be silent" thus has multiple meanings in the accented tilde goes unnoticed, like in niña. The tilde and exclamation symbols are also negation, especially in Boolean: ~ is mathematical not. ! Is computer science not.

**The strings a7r1, pm85, 410d, 1100, 11, and 11001101 are used in *Θ≺Υ*. Using these strings is mandatory in order to generate two variables seen in *Θ≺Υ* that are later used in *The Door and Locks*.**

The picture of Tour Grimaldi - picture 7 in the gallery - was thought to be a keyword, especially given the statue seen in picture 5. Oddly enough, there is a statue of Grimaldi located at the Prince's Palace in Monaco. Near the statue is a popular tourist sight-seeing location that overlooks the Monaco marina.

The Prince’s Palace in Monaco - at which the statue of Francesco Grimaldi was erected - happens to overlook a marina similar to that briefly made out on the right-side of picture 4. Community solver ∞-Infinity then hopped into Google Street View attempting to locate the building believed to be across from the Prince’s Palace.

The Prince’s Palace overlooks Port Hercules, across from which are the Monaco Yacht Club, the Monaco marina, a chain of hotels, and some casinos. One casino is the Casino de Monte-Carlo. A 360 ̊ picture taken inside the Casino de Monte-Carlo by Brian Hauger in September 2017. The interior is the same shown in picture 6.

A close-up of the marina shown in picture 4 shows a slight declination. Drawing a triangle stretching outwards from building at the far end of the marina, it is most likely the picture was taken from the 5 or 6 floor balcony. The roof of some other buildings can be seen near the marina suggesting the balcony is located a few rows of buildings from the edge of the marina. Monaco is comprised of a multitude of hills, slopes, and inclines, which explains the downwards angle to the boats in the background. It is also likely there are few rows between the cameraman and the boats.

The Statue of Francesco Grimaldi, the Casino de Monte-Carlo, and the marina of Port Hercules all overlap with the focal point of the marina in picture 2 tying the 3 together. A map overlay can be made, with arrows showing the port and its surrounding areas from different viewpoints. From the because the marina seen in picture 2 is shown on the right side of the image, it can be assumed the building in question is on the left-side of the marina, across from the Prince’s Palace, and to the right of the Monte-Carlo Casino. Searching for a building with a slab sticking out along the left side of the marina reveals a MOI company building, address 57 Rue Grimaldi 98000 Monaco, France.

## Theories

It is interesting to note that ! Is Γ as in gamma function extends the factorial over complex numbers. This could be a coincidence or it could indicate *~ (Silence)* leads to *Voice of Gamma* at some point. The *433* and *431* videos bear similar thematic symbolism in that both *433* and *431* are white on black, have their titles as all numbers, and also have the “listen” / “neglect” tag pair. This could indicate *~ Silence* and *! Speech* are dualities for *433* and *431*. *~ (Silence)*’s logo is a picture of a person whispering, or making the sound “ssh”, which is often associated with the act of telling others to be quiet. The interjection “shh” might be a reference to *Secure Shell* (SSH).
Another interesting note is the Place de l'Horloge in Avignon, France, the location of which is the centre-point of picture 11. The Tour du Jaquemart, the clock tower of Avignon city hall, is next to the Le Theater Opera House on the clock tower's west side. Considering Francesco Grimaldi, whose namesake is part of uncovering the location of pictures 4, 7, and 9, it is likely Grimaldi has other uses in *~ (Silence)*. Grimaldi may also be a reference to actor Joseph Grimaldi, who expanded the role of Clown in the harlequinade that formed part of British pantomimes. Grimaldi’s grave plays into the motif of harlequin by putting operatic masks on the cage protecting the headstone. The concept of masks appear later in *Θ* ≺ *Υ*, which uses the *Scream* mask as logo, and *IANVS*, which uses a masquerade mask. IANVS is the Romanized written form of Janus, the name given to the two-faced god of gates and secrets.

## Gallery

Picture 1: A drive along the countryside somewhere in Southern France, likely along the N85, the router Napoleon.Picture 2: A park bench with some birds gathering and a few people walking by. The location is unknown.Picture 3: The same park bench seen in video 2 only this time the cameraman takes a video of the birds in front.Picture 4: Building rooftop or balcony. A marina can be seen on the right side. The picture shows the MOI building at 57 Rue Grimaldi 98000 Monaco, France.Picture 5: Building interior statue. Location is unknown.Picture 6: Building interior balcony. Interior is ornate. Was taken inside the Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco.Picture 7: The Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Immaculée Conception d’Antibes and Chapelle l'ancienne du Saint-Esprit d'Antibes, a famous tourist attraction in Antibes, France. The picture focuses on Tour Grimaldi.Picture 8: Building in Antibes. Location is seen in a blog post titled Exploring Antibes. The location is actually commonly used by stock photo companies like alamy, hotel companies, and travel agents. Searching up T049PF on alamy.com reveals the building is located along the promenade Amiral de Grasse in Antibes. The building is actually right along the path to Tour Grimaldi seen in picture 7.Picture 9: The plaza in front of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Immaculée Conception d’Antibes and Chapelle l'ancienne du Saint-Esprit d’Antibes at the base of Tour Grimaldi.Picture 10: Picture of Musée du Petit Palais in Avignon, France shot from the Palais des Papes.Picture 11: Street view picture of the Tour du Jaquemart, the clock tower of Avignon city hall. Picture is taken from Clock-tower Plaza. The building on the right is the restaurant and bistro Le Carré du Palais - or The Square Palace - at 1 Place du Palais, 84000 Avignon, France. Behind the cameraman is the Palais des Papes.Picture 12: Storefront in Avignon, France, showing a banner of “Pythagore”, a private tutoring service located at 23 Rue Carnot 84000 Avignon, France.Picture 13: Commemorative Napoleon route plaque in Cannes, France.Picture 14: A drive-by of an Toyota. An adult woman with sunglasses drives the vehicle with a man in the back left-side seat. The man covers their face with their arm. The camera vehicle drives past the SUV, revealing the licence plate. A cow walks along the side of the road just metres away from the SUV.