A little girl finds the whole world inside a leaf in this animation by Angela Steffen, who also worked on Love & Theft.
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Lebensader (2009)
28 SepGathering of the tribe
16 SepMy first experience with psychedelic consciousness was through psychedelic trance gatherings. It’s been many years since that moment and I had my ups and downs with the psychedlic trance scene, but all in all I still feel a part of this secret tribe. This tribe is diverse, it exists everywhere and at all times. Every summer when the festival seasone peaks the tribe is gathering. People come from all over the world to share this one consciousness this one love.
Felix the Cat – Dines and Pines (1926)
14 SepFelix the Cat has a crazy little trip after going to sleep with a full belly. The video is cued to start near the trip sequence, so if you want to see the whole cartoon, skip to the beginning.
You can only find this place by drifting
11 SepThe quiet man seems to be the only living soul in post apocalyptic deserted London. John Foxx, the British musician, compiled this spoken word record, which inspired graphic artist Jonathan Barnbrook in making this dream-like drift through an alien city.
a longer sound clip with beautiful old 16mm footage can be found here
The Tale of How (2006) by The Blackheart Gang
31 AugThe Blackheart Gang are a South African trio of artists. They are professionals earning their living making TV commercials, but in their free time they work on art projects of their own. Daily Psychedelic Video has already featured a Friskies commercial designed by the visual artists of the Gang.
The Vimeo channel has a making-of and many other impressive clips and commercials.
Sports Special
9 Aug
This sweet animation was made to illustrate the remarkable achievement of a no-hitter in a major league game game of Dock Ellis, a player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, while he was on acid back in 1970.
Since steroids are well known as performance enhancers, athletes are scrutinized to prevent their abuse. Psychedelics, on the other hand, seem to be a possible influence on the artist who designed this film for the 2012 London Olympic Games:
Invocation of my demon brother by Kenneth Anger
8 AugIn the 1960s U.S. underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger released a “Sacred Mushroom Edition” of his earlier film “Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome”. It was meant to be screened to people while taking LSD. In his movies occult, homoerotic and surreal themes often merged to a truely psychedelic vision.
Disney’s Fantasia
25 JulAnother psychedelic classic by Disney. In 1940 Fantasia introduced shimmering abstract figuration morphing to the pulse of music as a subject of public viewing. Synaethetics for the masses.
Giant Steps
25 JunIf Coltrane’s sax sounds could materialize themselves, this is how they’d look. Michal Levy’s Giant Steps.
(For a better quality version click here)
Dali meets Disney
22 Jun
Dali meets Disney in “Destino” (2003) a beautiful and surreal short film based on a collaboration between the two artist.
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