The video that accompanied the “Can You Feel It” single by The Jacksons was simply called “The Triumph”. It was directed by Bruce Gowers and Robert Abel and praised for its advanced use of special effects.
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Look and listen. Here’s a window into the secret life of a sound wave.
Fractals: The Infinite In Between
27 Dec
This is a beautiful fractal interpretation of universal patterns, appropriating sacred geometry in a sort of cosmic creation mythos. The video strikes me as a primordial stars journey in a process of fractal proliferation across the universe. Created by Minghao Xu at Void Visuals, his work wants to remind of the universal essence within us all.
Lest Ye Become a Monster
27 DecNearly everyone I’ve shown this video has said they wished they understood the lyrics. I haven’t been able to find the article for some time, but I remember years ago reading an interview in which the artist said that the video was supposed to be about people’s tendency to shape their identities according to their profession, trying to make themselves more closely resemble some kind of ideal prototype of a master of this occupation. If there are any Russian-speakers out there, maybe you can confirm or refute this?
Regardless of the meaning, there is something I find oh so visually satisfying in the marching sequence and the clay homunculus that accompanies each profession. The rap might be a bit abrasive, but now that this one’s a staple of my collection, I always find myself trying to mumble along despite not speaking a word of Russian.
And if you dig the featured artist, maybe search our archives for Lyapis Trubetskoy…
(Thank you, Warren, for showing me this years ago.)
Bruce Riley / Psy-Painter
24 DecChicago-based artist Bruce Riley fills canvases with abstract organic forms made from layer after layer of dripped paint and poured resin. While looking at images of his work online, it’s difficult to grasp the depth and scale of each piece which can be penetrated by light from multiple angles, casting shadows deep into the artwork. Riley works using a number of experimental techniques, frequently incorporating mistakes and unexpected occurrences into the thick paintings that appear almost sculptural in nature. Filmmaker Jason Stanfield recently stopped by Riley’s studio and shot this brief studio visit. You can see more of his paintings on Flickr, and at Packer Schopf Gallery.
And Merry Christmas to Everyone !
Synoid (1983)
20 Dec
An impressive psychedelic video feedback loop, made by pointing an old style tube camera at a monitor and slightly adjusting the camera aperture and focus. There’s a real mastery of form iteration, no post processing whatsoever, and oscillating analogue audio sequences to complement this hypnotic spiral trip.
INNER SPACE – ITFS Trailer
18 DecLook and listen. Here’s a window into the secret life of a sound wave.
Spiral 5 PTL (1979)
13 Dec
Short for ‘Perhaps The Last’, this real-time performance is generated on video synthesizers, spiral trip away! Created by electronic art pioneers Dan Sandin, Tom Defanti and Mimi Shevitz; Spiral PTL was in the inaugural video art collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Made from Stock
13 DecWhen a friend showed me this video for the first time, I asked him, “How would you go about making a video like this? How would you describe this vision to a director?” It turns out that you don’t. Carl Burgess was given complete freedom in creating this video for Ratatat, and the finished product was made entirely from stock footage. Here’s a full article on the production: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662128/carl-burgess-director-of-the-years-creepiest-coolest-music-video
And while the above is my favorite, I think it would be dishonest of me to post a Ratatat video for a community like the DPV without tossing in at least one more. I’d say Falcon Jab is probably the most traditionally psychedelic of their videos–that I’ve seen, anyway–but there’s just something all too human in the video for Drugs that made me choose it for my headline this Saturday.
Submarine Sandwich by PES
11 Dec
EDIT: (Previous post was of making of. Now see watch film!)
It’s finally here! The latest short from PES, the master of stop motion filmmaking who brought us the academy award nominated ‘Fresh Guacamole‘. PES has once again achieved an other-wordly sense of motion, striking the perfect balance between persistent movement and the punctuated feel of frame-by-frame filming. There is something remarkably entracing about every carefully choreographed and calculated movement. Submarine Sandwich is a mind-bogglingly precise and technical undertaking that manages to comes through fully coloured by PES’ characteristic whimsy and charming childlike playfulness. Check it out!
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