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A brilliant animated video by Ori Toor for the song Evoking Spirits by Seattle experimental hip-hop group Kingdom Crumbs.
AYAHUASQUEROS
21 NovRecordings from the Amazon, Peru 2012
In their visions, ayahuasca shamans say they see the essences that animate living beings, the first property of which is to emit melodies. These essences are considered powerful beings, and ayahuasqueros learn their melodies by singing along. Singing like powerful beings, they learn to see like them, and this gives them knowledge. The melodies that shamans bring back from their visions are called “icaros”; they help navigate the space of ayahuasca consciousness, and can also serve as lifelines when overwhelmed by visions.
FILM BY STEPHAN CRASNEANSCKI
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY David Duponchel
EDITED AND SPECIAL EFFECTS BY Teresa Pereira
VOICE AND TEXT BY Jeremy Narby
In collaboration with Francisco Lopez
Featuring Victor Nieto and Ushamano Walter Martinez
A program proposed by Frank Smith
In collaboration with Virginie Luc
Mixed by Dug Winningham
Avec la participation de RTS – Radio Télévision Suisse
Special Thanks: Victor Nieto, Gaël Klein, David Duponchel
The trippiest films ever made by flavorwire
17 NovFlavorwire composed a video essay of “The trippiest films ever made” and while there is a bit too much emphasis on the horror and gore part of the word “trippy”, it’s still a very illuminating video.
Video excerpts are taken from a great number of classics and cults including (in order of appearance): “The Trip (1967, Roger Corman), Head (1968, Bob Rafelson),Glaze of Cathexis (1990, Stan Brakhage), Allegro Non Troppo (1976, Bruno Bozzetto), Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone), Fantasia (1940, Armstrong, Algar, et. al), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick), Viva La Muerte (1971, Fernando Arrabal), The Holy Mountain(1973, Alejandro Jodorowsky), Performance (1970, Donald Cammell and Nicholas Roeg), Videodrome (1983, David Cronenberg), Dark City (1998, Alex Proyas), Belle De Jour (1967, Luis Buñuel), Eraserhead (1977, David Lynch), El Topo (1970, Alejandro Jodorowsky), Tetsouro, the Iron Man (1989, Shin’ya Tsukamoto), Inland Empire (2006, David Lynch), Dead Alive (1992, Peter Jackson), Waking Life (2001, Richard Linklater), Anchorman (2004, Adam McKay), Mulholland Dr. (2001, David Lynch), Un Chien Andalou (1929, Luis Buñuel), Requiem for a Dream (2000, Darren Aronofsky), Lost Highway (1997, David Lynch), Pi (1998, Darren Aronofsky), Easy Rider (1969, Dennis Hopper), The Big Lebowski (1998, Joel Coen), Naked Lunch (1991, David Cronenberg), Skidoo (1968, Otto Preminger), Being John Malkovich (1999, Spike Jonze).”
For more details see here.
the Dandypunk experience
7 NovA few excerpts from a 10 minute, one man live performance piece.
Using projection mapping onto street furniture, a dandypunk travels through various fantastical worlds, interacting with strange characters and treacherous landscapes, in the hope of unfolding the secrets and learning the techniques from the ancient book of “The Alchemy of Light”.
This is the trailer for a 60 minute live show from 2009/10, which combines bboying, freerunning, street dance, and circus with video projection, animation, puppetry and laser effects.
Concepted, choreographed and directed by a dandypunk (Joel Sebastian) and Mukhtar OS Mukhtar and featuring a cast of Cirque du Soleil artists.
Mandala Naya // DIANE LANDRY
31 Oct
Mandala Naya [ 3 different Mandalas are part of Blue Decline installation ] is on view in the small gallery. Deriving from the Sanskrit word for “ circle “, a mandala is an artistic representation of the cosmos, and is used in Eastern religious traditions as a focus for meditation. Using the now-ubiquitous plastic water bottle, Landry’s mandalas conjure shadow versions of this spiritual symbol. Each of Landry’s mandalas is created from only one kind of bottle, and bears the name of the brand of water it once held, i.e., Mandala Evian. In Mandala Naya, a laundry basket ringed with water bottles is attached to the wall. A tripod, supporting a light attached to a mechanized arm, stands in front of the basket. As the arm moves forward, the light shines through the holes of the basket and through the water bottles, creating a startlingly beautiful shadow that stretches across the wall. This is the reward for watching Mandala Naya for its entire one-minute cycle; just as with traditional mandalas, the time required to experience the work makes it an object of contemplation. (excerpts from the pamphlet : Flying School and Mandala Naya, Rice Gallery, 2005)
My dear mother
27 OctAs we remember, television programs for babies can be very psychedelic. They can also be highly disturbing as this video proves again… The Hebrew lyrics are dedicated to “Dear mother” but all I could see were the huge dilated pupils of the heavily stoned butterflies and rabbits.
Evoking Spirits
26 OctA brilliant animated video by Ori Toor for the song Evoking Spirits by Seattle experimental hip-hop group Kingdom Crumbs.
It Felt Like a Kiss- By Adam Curtis
25 OctI don’t usually upload whole films but this one is just a masterpiece!
Adam Curtiss’ documentary film about the U.S. creates a collage of archive videos and music that succeeds being at the same time informative, thought provoking, colorful and psychedelically mind blowing!
In my view “It felt like a kiss” does in film what D.J. food didin music in his DJ Food is Raiding the 20th century (and if you haven’t listned to this mix yet you owe it to yourself!)
Snail Trail
24 OctA film by Philipp Artus debuting online exclusively in Cartoon Brew’s 3rd Student Animation Festival.
“Perth” by Bon Iver
21 OctThis one starts so modest and while clinging to its simple means it gets beautifully crazy over time.
Now get some shrooms and book a flight on google earth airlines.
[and once again: thank you, Karo!]
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