Archive | December, 2011

Seventh Sense (Excerpt) / 第七感官 (五分鐘版)

21 Dec

Once again, I really appreciate all this new excerpts using dance and video mapping interactions,

I consider it’s one of the most interesting way to mix these way of expression!

Anarchy Dance Theatre + UltraCombos
安娜琪舞蹈劇場 + 叁式
Nov. 2011, TAIWAN.

Bimbo’s Initiation (1931)

20 Dec

Bimbo gets sucked into an Inception-like initiatic journey where nothing is what it seems.

MGMT – It’s Working

19 Dec

What could it be?

I call it emboginationachine,  a machine that embodies imagination.

A really cool video clip.

Les Twins are messing with your perception of time and space

18 Dec

Another psychedelic dance video after yesterdays Digital Dance. But this time none of those mind bending psychedelic special effects have been edited into the dancing afterwards. Instead we see dance moves imitating and modulating movement patterns that originate in computer generated action sequences.

So what would you suggest is the first psychedelic dance move? Is it the moonwalk?

Digital Dance (1982)

17 Dec

A suprising psychedelic dancing  video from the 80s, created by Ed Tannenbaum in 1982, with music by Might Dog and Dancing by PonsMaar.

(Link: Anna Fitzgerald. Thanks!)

Sur le Quai

16 Dec


This video for “On the Platform” by The Bewitched Hands is a visual revelry, telling the story of dimensional conquest driven by love. Perhaps an archetypal allegory for all evolutionary leaps.

Morphing with Jack Dubben

15 Dec

The beautiful videos of  Jack Dubben make excellent, hyper-psychedelic use of  morphing effects.

And here is another delightful animation by Dubben.

Collaborative fraktals

14 Dec

Karmalize Productions 2011
Shot & Edited by Alex Gaylon
Assistant Director – Caroline Creaghead
Music – Ryan Dann
Special Thanks to Scott Draves, Founder of the Electric Sheep
created for The Filmshop Presents…Eye Candy

Electric Sheep is a collaborative abstract artwork founded by Scott Draves. It’s run by thousands of people all over the world, and can be installed on any ordinary PC or Mac. When these computers “sleep”, the Electric Sheep comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as “sheep”.

Anyone watching one of these computers may vote for their favorite animations using the keyboard. The more popular sheep live longer and reproduce according to a genetic algorithm with mutation and cross-over. Hence the flock evolves to please its global audience. You can also design your own sheep and submit them to the gene pool.

The result is a collective “android dream”, blending man and machine to create an artificial lifeform.

Chris Casady – Pencil Dance (1988)

13 Dec

Cool abstract hand-drawn (and some stop-motion) effects animation piece by Chris Casady. Composited effects by Chris can be seen in Tron (1982) and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984). Check out his Youtube channel for fascinating effects sequence breakdowns.
The fluidity of the work brings to mind a possibility of visionary inspiration.

Pink Floyd – Arnold Layne

12 Dec

I never get tired of Pink Floyd! This classic song’s clip has a genuinely whimsical feel to it. And it must be quite inspiring while high…