While we witness a little return of interest towards psychedelic culture since a few years, it was quite rare that popular subculture would refer to psychedelia in those bleak mid 80’s (at least before rave would bring back rainbows, bubbles and acid). Still a few groups like Psychic TV and Spacemen 3 kept the endless trance inducing jams and the quest for musical (et al.) mind exploration going.
“taking drugs to make music to take drugs to” – psychedelia in the 80’s and early 90’s with Spacemen 3
20 FebEnter The Void
19 FebWatching Gaspar Noe’s new film is a death and re-birth experience. definitely the most psychedelic film I’ve ever seen, it’s like going into the mind of another person, and experiencing this conciseness change, from normal to a full-on DMT trip, to a near death experience an beyond. The photography and artistic design are absolutely incredible, I have no idea how most of the scenes were shot.
The Beaded game of Death and Rebirth
18 FebIndian Animator Ishu Patel was making some highly metaphysical, highly imaginative and exquisitely done videos back in the 1970’s. “The Bead Game”, created by Patel in 1978, is a never ending chainof death and rebirth, of things flowing into and out of one another, falling apart, and creating new life. A beaded version of the game of existence.
(Link: Rea. Thanks!)
The External World by David Oreilly
17 FebWhen people of the online generation die, I bet the bardos they go through look like the brain-shredding mayhem that is The External World.
edit: The Vimeo copy has been turned private, because “Canal+ are playing it on TV and need people to tune in” – whatever that means! Very strange.. For now, watch it from the link below:
The External World
Barry Hale
16 FebPHASIA: a Video artist Barry Hale and videographer Jane Mulchrone set out to find a physical form of communication between camera operator and dancer by creating a video feedback loop, physically interrupting its cyclical feed and responding to each others’ movements to bring about coherent images from the chaos of the feedback field. Music by andy cox. This video is available with many others on Critical Mass DVD available from http://stores.ebay.co.uk/threshold-st…
2011 Hyundai Elantra: Deprogramming
15 FebFor once an honest brainwashing session! Whales, didgeridoo, sitar, a spirit animal.. you know, the usual car commercial stuff!
High Society Exhibition
14 FebThe Wellcome Collection is currently holding an exhibition on mind altering drugs in history and culture. The exhibition has been showing since November and will be on until the 27th of February. If we were in London, we would definitely check it out!
(Link: Moris. Thanks!)
Psychedelic Tableaus: “Book of Days” by Meredith Monk and “Power” by Kanye West
13 FebWhen I first saw the video to Power by Kanye West something about it struck me as surprisingly psychedelic. But I could not really put my finger on it: was it the heavy and over the top symbolism, was it the kaleidoscopic yet very straight sensual overload or was it just the idea of a painting slowly beginning to move and expand?
I lost track of this intuition until I just reacently saw this excerpt from Book of Days by Meredith Monk. And there it was again..
The Main Drag “Dove Nets” directed by Ben&Julia
12 FebThis beautiful clip was sent to us by it’s very talented creators – Ben & Julia.
Their Vimeo page features more of their sweet psychedelic work.
FREE DILDA – Computer Jesus Refrigerator.
11 FebA Very crazy, very weird, very demonic, very strong, impressive and disturbing video clip from Computer Jesus Refrigerator. Definitely not for fun trips.
ׂ(Link: Ad. Thansk!)
