Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared
File under: LOLWAT
Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling created this potent dose of bizarre with plenty of help from their talented friends at THIS IS IT, “a collective of illustrators, animators, artists and designers based in London.” Click here to see a full list of who-did-what.
Cheers to Pvt Engle for sending it our way. Enjoy!
posted by respondcreate on Nov. 17, 2011 in Videos | tags: becky sloan, bizarre, dark, hd, joseph pelling, kids, mind bending, puppets, this is it, trippy
Prototype #1
How should I categorize this collaboration between AEAEAEAE and Hans-Henning Korb? It’s not eye candy per-say but there’s no discernable narrative either. So an eye-snack maybe? A morsel?
I dunno.
I rather liked it, though. A strange, uneasy comfort descended as I watched those little flocking pixies as they zipped to-and-fro, attracting and repelling one other, grabbing and reforming their bedsheet-one-moment-and-mountains-the-next hovering landscape as a Vangelis-esque tune (that could easily be mistaken as part of the Blade Runner Soundtrack) provides the ambiance. It’s some interesting and intriguing stuff and, judging from its title, there’s more to come. I certainly hope so, at least.
[ Prototype #1 ]
posted by respondcreate on Nov. 15, 2011 in Videos | tags: 3d, abstract, aeaeaeae, ambient, animation, contemplative, etheral, hans-henning korb, light, trippy, yuwvuwvy
Earth
“Time lapse sequences of photographs taken with a special low-light 4K-camera by the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011.”
I have a new favorite video on the internet! It’s this one! You should check it out! Holy shit this is so dope; dim the lights, turn the volume way up and full screen this bitch immediately. Michael König took the contemplative, ethereal ambient breaks of the super-talented Jan Jelinek and combined them with high-definition (4K!) low-light time lapses that NASA took recently and were cool enough to give away for free online.
PRO TIP: Keep your eyes peeled for the minuscule thunderstorms and ribboning, neon auroras. Thanks again, internet.
P.S. To see a list of locations for each shot used in the film click here.
[ Earth -Time Lapse View from Space/Fly Over -Nasa, ISS (vid by Michael König @ koenigm.com) ]
posted by respondcreate on Nov. 13, 2011 in Videos | tags: aurora borealis, colorful, earth, electronic music, hd, international space station, jan jelinek, michael könig, nasa, nature, space, time lapse, trippy
The External World
Ann wrote in with a hyperlink to this 57 second long animation that David OReilly (remember ??????) made for Tim & Eric’s Saint’s Row promotional short film, “Professor Genki’s Super Ethical Reality Climax” accompanied by a single sentence, “you could definitely file this under lolwat”. Her categorization was dead on and we initialized our patent-pending Post To The Internet™ sequence as we figured it’d be something most of you would enjoy. One of the steps involved in the aforementioned ritual is checking if the artist in question – in this case David – has anything better that should be posted instead. He does!
The masthead of his website reads: ANIMATION, 3D, INTERNET, EPHEMERAL DRIVEL, FLEETING DISTRACTION, NONSENSE, CATS ETC and, according to that rubric, The External World delivers. It’s seventeen minutes of seemingly-disparate-at-first-but-eventually-interconnected infinitely bizarre vignettes. It’s awesome.
I should mention that an HD quicktime of this film is available for download if you’re willing to part with about $5. The purchase has no real value and is essentially ceremonial as The External World is freely available on both Vimeo and the ‘Tubes but, I decided to buy it anyways. Why? Well, for one, supporting art just feels good man. I also want to affirm this type of behavior and do what I can to fund whatever David will create next. Maybe you’ll consider doing it, too? In the meantime: enjoy the weirdness.
posted by respondcreate on Nov. 13, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, cats, colorful, david oreilly, hd, lolwat, mind bending, trippy
Welcome to Kitty City
Hey! Guess what?! cyriak has a new video! A big thanks is due to both David Chitty and Hess who wrote in to let us know. Enjoy!
posted by respondcreate on Nov. 13, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, cats, cyriak, fractals, trippy
Hulk within a Hulk
I came across this image while browsing around Peter Berkman’s tumblr (one of muh faves) and decided to go deeper.
[ Fractal Hulk via PEEEETER BERRRKMAN ]
posted by respondcreate on Nov. 11, 2011 in Pictures | tags: fractals, hulk hogan, lolwat
Machu Picchu Post
Clement Crocq, Margaux Duran-Rival and Nicolas Novali – three former students of Supinfocom Arles – cooked up this little gem as their final graduation project. Do yourself a favor: ensure 1080p is selected and wait patiently until a generous amount of bits load into your random access memory before clicking play; it’d be a shame to get interrupted once shit starts trippin’ balls. I’ll leave it to that…don’t want to spoil the surprise. Enjoy!
Click here to see other fantastic animated shorts by Supinfocom students previously posted on The Tripatorium™.
posted by respondcreate on Nov. 09, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, clement crocq, colorful, flying, french, hd, inca, margaux duran-rival, nicolas novali, psychedelic, spiritual, supinfocom, tribal, trippy
The Lullaby
This time lapse video of Joe Fenton drawing is a bit deceiving; since the lighting remains consistent and his wardrobe only appears to change a few times you might think he completed The Lullaby in a matter of a few days.
It took two months.
As I was watching full-screen – the progress bar and UI conveniently hidden away – I kept thinking the video was about to end; how much more detail could he possibly add? What else was there left to do? Just graphite on Arches would have sufficed but Joe pushes it to some next-level shit when he busts out the airbrush, white gouache and muted water watercolors to further enhance its three-dimensionality.
The backing music by his brother, Julian, is a nice compliment to the visuals: mysterious, ethereal and subdued. Full screen and headphones, y’all.
To see see more of Joe’s work head on over to his Behance page or website.
[ The Lullaby - 2011 - By Joe Fenton ]
posted by respondcreate on Nov. 08, 2011 in Videos | tags: art, drawing, ethereal, fantasy, hd, joe fenton, julian fenton, monochromatic, time lapse, trippy, watercolor
The sculpture of AJ Fosik
“Working three-dimensionally has just always been more satisfying; I’ve always had the urge to build…I find, for me, it’s easier to express my ideas building things; actually making something.”
AJ Fosik creates fantastic, intricately detailed sculptures from wood, paint and nails. There’s not much more to say beyond that; his work speaks for itself. There’s two fantastic videos on the ‘tubes about AJ you should check out:
The first shows him at work – from the initial sketches to the final coat of paint – on the bust that adorns the cover of Mastodon‘s The Hunter. The second, an interview done by kwalitymedia, has AJ describing his motivations, inspirations and overall creative process.
A big thanks to lolo for writing in and introducing us to Mr. Fosik…cheers!
[ AJ Fosik ]
posted by respondcreate on Nov. 04, 2011 in Pictures | tags: art, bizarre, colorful, nature, psychedelic, sculpture, trippy
Polarity Song
“Life can be so overrated but you are so entertaining’.
I won’t be manipulated just so I can get on through to your green grass under skies.
There’s no one like you; there’s no time like now…
Embrace the polarity of life and all the good and bad we share.
Engage the mystery of why we are the love in life we live.”
Do you guys remember Synesthesia? It was a super weird/rad little music video we posted back in February filled with food, cats and LOLWAT directed by Terri Timely. If you haven’t seen it yet, go on ahead...we’ll wait patiently until everyone’s ready.
This – Terri’s latest – is a collaboration with knit/crochet/craft/‘soft sculpture’ super-hero, Sarah Applebaum and, like Synesthesia, is suitably far-out. It depicts a hidden world populated by crochet-knit-mummy-wrapped bipeds within a typical thrift store/flea market who abduct dispassionate shoppers as they browse through an assortment of discarded detritus from the late-70s/80s/early-90s. The surface aesthetic could easily be categorized (and summarily dismissed as) ‘hipster kitsch’ and, though I’d concede the assessment, there’s an earnestness there – no doubt helped by the Caleb Pate and Nephi Evans’ lyrics – that squashes any cheap forays into self-indulgent irony. There’s redemption here; from within this impersonal commercial wasteland comes salvation whose identity springs not from aesthetic but from source: it’s the hand-crafted things that provide the creative energy and warmth.
Oh and it’s super-fucking strange, too; we love shit like this. The music is dope as well. Top marks to Seventeen Evergreen for creating original, compelling tunes and to Lucky Number Music for supporting this kind of art. Enjoy!
If you’re into this you might want to check out Lighthouse, too. Just sayin’.
[ Seventeen Evergreen - Polarity Song ]
posted by respondcreate on Nov. 04, 2011 in Videos | tags: art, bizarre, colorful, craft, dance, hd, lolwat, lucky number music, music video, sarah applebaum, terri timely, trippy