A nice psychedelic touch to this James Bond opening titles sequence.
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Ramadan Special
16 Aug“Allahu Akbar attempts to come closer to that ultimate beauty and mystery which is God”
Ramadan Karim!
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.
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.
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.
Ryan Larkin
31 Jul
Ryan Larkin (1943-2007) was a Canadian animator, who in 1969 was nominated for the Academy Award for is short psychedelic animation “Walking”. Three years later he released the acclaimed film “Street Music”, again, a tripy colorful short film, hand drawn with no narrative, but with a distinct and simple theme.
Soon after that, Larkin fell into severe drug abuse, alcoholism and homelessness. In 2002, another Canadian animator, Chris Landreth, Made this short film about him and won an Oscar for it.
1967 light show – Marc Boyle
31 JulA psychedelic light show from the legendary UFO club in London 1967, done by Marc Boyle who was also responsible for the light shows in some of the Jimi Hendrix and Soft Machine concerts in the Sixties. Here to the sounds of the Pink Floyd, playing Astronomy Domine.
The Daily Psychedelic Video 