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The Temple (Filmed at Burning Man) [by Michael Marantz]

19 Sep

“Now that many in our society have moved beyond traditional religion, how do we move past tragedy? How do we mark the exciting events in our lives and how do we deal with life’s inevitable trials? Some people who face these questions find the answer in the most unlikely of places, Burning Man. “The Temple” explores modern spirituality in a contemplative and personal manner touching on the ideas of self-discovery, letting go, and meaningful human connection that transcends simply a party in the desert.”

Negative Space | Oscar Nominated Stop-Motion Animation | Short of the Week

7 Sep

Mashrou’ Leila – Radio Romance (Official Music Video) | مشروع ليلى – راديو رومانس

24 Aug

The Essence Of Sound [by Susi Sie]

22 Aug

A psychedelic commercial for a specialized sound system manufacturing company.

Tide (Panoply)

19 Aug

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Tide from Panoply on Vimeo.

Gender Swap – Experiment with The Machine to Be Another

15 Aug

“Gender Swap is an experiment that uses themachinetobeanother.org system as a platform for embodiment experience (a neuroscience technique in which users can feel themselves like if they were in a different body). In order to create the brain ilusion we use the immersive Head Mounted Display Oculus Rift, and first-person cameras. To create this perception, both users have to synchronize their movements. If one does not correspond to the movement of the other, the embodiment experience does not work. It means that both users have to constantly agree on every movement they make. Through out this experiment, we aim to investigate issues like Gender Identity, Queer Theory, feminist technoscience, Intimacy and Mutual Respect.”

From Egoism to Ecoism: Psychedelics and Nature Connection – Sam Gandy @ TEDxOxford

14 Aug

יובל נח הררי | אין דבר כזה באמת

10 Aug

THE BEGINNING OF INFINITY [Jason Silva, 2011]

8 Aug

“The adjacent possible is a kind of shadow future, hovering on the edges of the present state of things, a map of all the ways in which the present can reinvent itself.” – Steven Johnson

Piotr Kamler – Une Mission Ephemere 1993

25 Jul

“Kamler’s animated cinema suggests a singular variety of science fiction. Completely unalike to more conventionally linear and text-based narratives, Kamler’s films instead explore a series of dynamic visual motifs. Typically, the conclusion of these films is less suggestive of resolution, than it is of recurring episode.”