Lasse Gjertsen makes a bunch of artworks come alive and boy does it look trippy! You might remember Lasse from the 2006 viral hit Hyperactive.
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Stoned Ape Theory
5 Jul
A lovely illustration of the stoned ape theory of Terence McKenna. The animation is co-written by stand-up comedian Duncan Trussell.
For the curious, there’s an audio clip on Youtube where Trussell talks about his DMT experience.
Malcolm Sutherland: The Forming Game (2008)
28 JunCanadian Malcolm Sutherland commands forms in this short animation.
Advanced Beauty
21 Jun1 of 18 by Robert Seidel
14 of 18 by Tom Scholefield
Advanced Beauty is an ongoing art project with a large number of collaborators. Their first release was a collection of 18 synesthetic sound sculptures. There are no news about any upcoming releases as far as I can tell.
Betty Boop – Ha Ha Ha (1934)
14 Jun
Betty Boop provides a collective nitrous trip for the whole town.
Soviets and Yellow Submarine
31 MaySome Soviet animators apparently were influenced by the aesthetics of Yellow Submarine and you can watch the evidence below. Thanks for the info, Russian Wikipedia.
A Box with Secret / Шкатулка с секретом (1976). Director: Valery Ugarov
Merry-Go-Round 1. Inattentive Giovanni / Веселая карусель N°1. Рассеянный Джованни (1969). Director: Anatoli Petrov. Starts at 1.32 in the video, but I think you will want to watch the first one, too!
Merry-Go-Round 5. This movie is about you, isn’t it? / Веселая карусель N°5. Не про тебя ли этот фильм? (1973)
Priit Pärn: Time Out / Aeg Maha (1984)
17 May
This is a kool kat animation made in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. The director Priit Pärn is an animation legend still going strong.
Need more Chad VanGaalen!!
10 May
Chad VanGaalen – Clinically dead
Chad VanGaalen – Red Hot Drops
J Mascis – Not Enough
Vexy posted an animated music video by Mr. VanGaalen a while back and I have also had this particular tryptaminic multimediumist on my list of weirdness to post for over half a year. This stream of consciousness type of stuff might not be groundbreaking, but hey: you can’t do this with any computer simulation! Watch out for the morphing little birdies in the sky with diamonds near the end of the third video.
Edit: I have to add these two to the collection, music also by Mr. VanGaalen under an alias:
Black Mold: Metal Spiderwebs
Black Mold: Fuck Ebay
More of them diamonds and some birdies too.
