Histiophryne Psychedelica
1 Apr
In France, April fools day is called “Poisson d’avril” meaning April Fish.
Here is a 2009 scientific discovery in Indonesia, h.Psychedelica is a weird fish:
Unlike any other known species of fish, H. psychedelica hops along the reefs where it lives, using its fins to push off the surface while squirting jets of water from a gill opening on each side. Other types of frogfish have been observed jettisoning themselves from the ocean floor before swimming but none have been seen hopping. With its tail curled to one side, it has the appearance of a fish without purpose or control. It seems to bounce randomly from rock to rock, protected from sharp coral by thick, gelatinous folds of skin.
About the size of an adult fist, the fish also has forward-facing eyes, leading to speculation that it may have binocular vision much like humans.
0x4015 – Optical Circuit
31 Mar
This 4 kilobyte intro won 1st place in the TokyoDemoFest 2015
Download original executable.
The Art of Mind Blowing: Why We Need More Teachers (Official Music Video)
30 MarMiss Helix explains why education is a mind blowing job.
(Link: Nancy. Thanks!)
FUTUREBIRDS (2015)
28 Mar
A harsh, glitchy, low-poly mash-up about an infected digital bird glimpsing a coalescing future of nightmare scenarios for our species and environment.
“Celebration at Big Sur”- Baird Bryant and Johanna Demetrakas
28 Mar“Celebration at Big Sur” is a 1969 film documenting the Folk Festival at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA. You can find the entire film in bits on youtube and it’s available as a DVD. In this 9 minute clip, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young perform “Down by the River”. The performance starts at about 49 seconds into the clip, but there is a lot of good vintage hippy stuff before and after the music.
After spending last week travelling the California coast, I’m in total Pacific Ocean bliss. I love seeing all the aerial shots of the coastline in this film almost as much as I love David Crosby’s fringe jacket and Stephen Stills’ geometric poncho. The Esalen Institute is still around. You can sign up for self actualization workshops and retreats through their website.
I took these photos last year at a campground in Big Sur. You can see the bridge in the first photo in the aerial shots. What I didn’t get a photo of, was the terribly cute sea otter that would swim around the cove with a seagull perched upon his little belly.
Panda Bear – Boy Latin
26 MarA tour de force of psychedelic animation by Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch, to music by Animal Collective.
The Daily Psychedelic Video 