The joyously colorful and fantastical work of Guatemalen artist Muxxi animated by Brazilian artist Lucassou is a delightful entry into a magical world. Check out Muxxi’s illustrations on her website:
Narcose, teaser of Adastra EP , release 02/05/16
Edited by Martin Sek
Collaboration SEML Records
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A few years ago we’ve featured a number of videos by Ave (here, here and here), which presented a very personal, meditative and sometimes even mystical style.
I find that Ave’s work is remarkable in the way in which it connects one to the experience of the present moment. Even more remarkably, it does that by merging the viewer with the naked presence of the moment in which the video was taken, with its qualities of unpredictability, unrepeatability, spontaneity and freedom. These meditative journeys can be embarked upon by following a plastic bag as it wonders around the city, going up and down the amusement park wonder wheel together with your friend, or singing to the sun.
In this video Ave and friends probe deeper into the realms of performance. They present the camera with a space of deep intimacy, which can be entered and experienced by anybody watching this video.
A VIDEO I MADE FOR STONESTHROW PRODUCER KNXWLEDGE
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“Flyinglizrds” from the album Hud Dreems. Video by RUFFMERCY, with footage by Ross Harris. 2nd beat in the clip is “Shuremng” from Hud Dreems. | vinyl: goo.gl/YTqqjY | iTunes: goo.gl/u9OXOM
The Dream Hunt (Na’vi name: Uniltaron) is a rite of passage, in which Na’vi seek their spirit animal. During a chemically induced trance caused by the bite of an arachnoid and swallowing a glow worm, they express themselves musically as the spirit moves.
Uniltaron songs are especially interesting. While under the chemically induced effects that mark the Dream Hunt, a Na’vi may utilize any kind of expression: standard social song structures, imitations of domestic cascading vocal style, children’s songs from deep in their memories, wildly improvised songs or chants. The only type of songs not heard in this context are personal songs and the ritual songs of mourning.
Vision Quest in Avatar Movie – Deleted Scene
This is the Vision Quest Ceremony that did not make it into the final movie. Please take note that the Dream Hunt / vision quest requires two separate chemicals – just as Ayahuasca…
The Na’vi’s nearly telepathic understanding of their environment is grounded not only in ritual, plant-lore, and that earnest seriousness that now afflicts PC Hollywood Indians, but in an organic communications network: the fibrous, animated, and vaguely repulsive pony-tail tentacles that not only allow the Na’vi to form direct control links with animals but also, through the optical filaments of the “Tree of Souls,” to commune with both ancestors and the Eywa (=Ayahuasca), the biological spirit of the planet whose name resonates with Erda, our own Earth.