Kaleidoscopic, generative projections mapped to laser cut layers by Australian media artist Kit Webster.
Kaleidoscopic, generative projections mapped to laser cut layers by Australian media artist Kit Webster.
A strange Virtual Reality experience melding science fiction, sacred geometry & ancient cultures, based on the artwork of Jess Johnson and animated by Simon Ward. Australians can trip to this show December 5th as part of the Wurm Haus Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.
A beautiful, haunting, trance-inducing and marginally disturbing video art series. Morgan Beringer (featured here before) has uploaded 23 of 64 videos – each a strikingly unique composition – usually morphing photographs or after-effects generators with various aberrations & distortions with a hypnotic rhythm track. Watch the entire playlist and you’ll be entranced… I’ve shared some of my favourites here.
https://vimeo.com/album/65728/video/129426270
https://vimeo.com/album/65728/video/100200268
https://vimeo.com/album/65728/video/64453667
https://vimeo.com/album/65728/video/45869036
https://vimeo.com/album/65728/video/38253152
https://vimeo.com/album/65728/video/7368573
5 short & hilarious videos from Australian animator Ben Ommundson.
These colourful, whimsical videos are designed to loop, and touch on hallucination, childhood memories, empathy and the mundane.
Drive through LA in a psychedelic Cadillac in this music video for psych-rockers The Quincy. Visual artist Vinyl Williams has made this interactive world you can explore yourself… Download for OSX at 500mb.
Experimental video art by Emilio Gomariz, made on the Undervolt & Co. label with an ambient drone track by KNBS.
Super-cut of 260 visual effects for COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey, set to haunting music ‘A3’ by Nicolas Jaar’s Darkside. Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson trip to beautifully rendered cosmic phenomena in HD glory.
Can I buy tickets to that spaceship?
On the Neural-Net recognition bandwagon, Cronenberg presents a lysergic fueled technological dystopian vision of implanted recommendation chips. While this nightmare may well become reality in a few short decades (or you can Sign-Up Now…), the deadly-serious satire and nightmarish visuals give pause for thought about the future of technological guidance and hallucination.
“POD (Personal On-demand) is an emotional sensory learning and data-mining organism designed to enhance your life. This state of the art biotech implant will guarantee you personalized recommendations that are 99.999% relevant all the time. POD grows with you to become an intuitive companion, fulfilling your deepest desires on demand.”