The lines between psychedelic art and excessive commercial advertising can’t be more blurred. it seems to be a part of a whole series, and the other videos are not any less pretty and trippy!
"The apocalyptic champ" - Takashi Murakami Detail
Archive | August, 2010
Xeno Kraka VII – Martin Stebbing
20 AugAn extremely beautiful and psychedelic animation done by 3D artist Martin Stebbing who has a bunch of similarly styled video on his YouTube account. Things you can do with a computer these days… Fantastic!!!
MexicadarkSub – ULTIMAYA –
18 AugSeeing into the depth of self observing,
Endless layers of multiple oneness.
…I tought I was created…
Psychedelic James Bond
17 AugA nice psychedelic touch to this James Bond opening titles sequence.
(Link: WTCHA. Thanks!)
Ramadan Special
16 Aug“Allahu Akbar attempts to come closer to that ultimate beauty and mystery which is God”
Ramadan Karim!
Zabriskie Point: final sequence
16 AugThe final sequence from Zabriskie Point by Michelangelo Antonioni is very much a visually mesmerizing meditation on destruction and beauty, imagination and revolutionary action. The movie does not agree with any of the offered positions, neither of the radical students nor the “bourgeoise establishment”. This sequence stands like a bold and richly ornamented question mark at the end of the movie.
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This video, directed by Mark Romanek for Madonna in 1995, is a homage to artists and mystics who explored the subconsciousness. it starts with Madonna, as some experimental or therapeutic subject, turns into some dream like state, the word “Lucid” appears on one of the screens. From a sterile, bright and high-tech-ish setting the video turns darker, more organic and mysterious. the visual vocabulary of this video contains quotations of three woman surrealist painters, here are some references:
Dorothea Tanning: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1943
Remedios Varo: Los Amantes, 1955
Remedios Varo: Remenance
Leonora Carrington
Leonor Fini: The ends of the earth, 1949
Alongside these, this clip pays tribute to two films. first is the brilliant Armenian director Sergei Parajanov, and his beautiful, surrealistic film from 1968 “The Color of Pomegranates“
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m55eF3QmFuA&feature=related
The second, is the philosophic and psychedelic film “Stalker“, By Andrei Tarkovsky:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXuBkxTwJww
I’m still trying to figure out the meaning of the rotating cube. it reminds me a bit of the idea of the cube of space – a model that represents human consciousness in various mystic and psychological theories.
the cube of space
Or the Metatron cube, that relates to sacred geometry:
From the feminine surrealism of the mother and witch archetype to the Whirling Dervishes, this clip is all about altered states of consciousness and the search for the divine. what was once in the realm of religious and mystic practice, later became the role of artists and poets, and now, say Madonna and Romanek, is present in pop culture, for millions of people to get a glimpse at.
Everything is alive
12 AugMuch like psychedelics, grafitti artists remind us that everything around us can come to life.
Psychedelic Windows
10 AugWeird things start to happen when you connect the video-out port of your video card into the capture card. Even a Microsoft software might freak out into some pretty psychedelic trip.
The Daily Psychedelic Video 