“Allahu Akbar attempts to come closer to that ultimate beauty and mystery which is God”
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Zabriskie Point: final sequence
16 AugThe final sequence from Zabriskie Point by Michelangelo Antonioni is very much a visually mesmerizing meditation on destruction and beauty, imagination and revolutionary action. The movie does not agree with any of the offered positions, neither of the radical students nor the “bourgeoise establishment”. This sequence stands like a bold and richly ornamented question mark at the end of the movie.
15
Aug
This video, directed by Mark Romanek for Madonna in 1995, is a homage to artists and mystics who explored the subconsciousness. it starts with Madonna, as some experimental or therapeutic subject, turns into some dream like state, the word “Lucid” appears on one of the screens. From a sterile, bright and high-tech-ish setting the video turns darker, more organic and mysterious. the visual vocabulary of this video contains quotations of three woman surrealist painters, here are some references:
Dorothea Tanning: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1943
Remedios Varo: Los Amantes, 1955
Remedios Varo: Remenance
Leonora Carrington
Leonor Fini: The ends of the earth, 1949
Alongside these, this clip pays tribute to two films. first is the brilliant Armenian director Sergei Parajanov, and his beautiful, surrealistic film from 1968 “The Color of Pomegranates“
The second, is the philosophic and psychedelic film “Stalker“, By Andrei Tarkovsky:
I’m still trying to figure out the meaning of the rotating cube. it reminds me a bit of the idea of the cube of space – a model that represents human consciousness in various mystic and psychological theories.
the cube of space
Or the Metatron cube, that relates to sacred geometry:
From the feminine surrealism of the mother and witch archetype to the Whirling Dervishes, this clip is all about altered states of consciousness and the search for the divine. what was once in the realm of religious and mystic practice, later became the role of artists and poets, and now, say Madonna and Romanek, is present in pop culture, for millions of people to get a glimpse at.
Everything is alive
12 AugMuch like psychedelics, grafitti artists remind us that everything around us can come to life.
Psychedelic Windows
10 AugWeird things start to happen when you connect the video-out port of your video card into the capture card. Even a Microsoft software might freak out into some pretty psychedelic trip.
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.
7
Aug
Following the last few videos featured here, here’s more of the hipster-electronic-retro80s’-psychedelia, apparently a new genre in the art of video-clipping.
Psychedelic Electro – Terry Poison
6 AugSome psychedelic elements in this Terry Poison clip Give me that nice psychlectro feel.
Organic Meditation
4 Aug
by // SamaS ~ ULTIMAYA //
This is a video of my home made collection, I use to create organic mandalas from macro photos, then I give them life with visual feddback to bring the psychedelic effect !
enjoy !
bom
