Mouse Man
It just keeps going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going…
[ I heard Imgur likes perfectly looping gifs ]
posted by respondcreate on Mar. 18, 2013 in Pictures | tags: animated gif, lol, lolwat, loop, trippy, wat
Easy
Paul Dini meets Interstella 5555; this Mat Zo & Porter Robinson animated music video by The Line is a candy-colored, atmospheric, neon-laced, future-Tokyo treat. Enjoy!
P.S. Give Fantasy a watch next…or maybe Manners; I honestly can’t decide which would be a better follow-up to the attached.
[ Easy - Mat Zo & Porter Robinson (Official Video) ]
posted by respondcreate on Mar. 17, 2013 in Videos | tags: animation, atmospheric, colorful, electronic music, future, hand drawn, hd, louis & mccourt, mat zo, music video, porter robinson, the line
Jazz that nobody asked for
“Neurologists claim that stuck songs are like thoughts we’re trying to suppress. The harder we try not to think about them, the more we can’t help it. The phenomenon is also known as earworms, and the ongoing ‘dim di da da dum’ causes a kind of brain itch you can’t scratch.”
File under: LOLWAT
A gorgeous, colorful, tightly-executed morsel of weird by Esben Fisker, Rune Fisker and Pawel Binczycki of Benny Box. Enjoy!
[ Jazz that nobody asked for ]
posted by respondcreate on Mar. 10, 2013 in Videos | tags: animation, benny box, bizarre, colorful, esben fisker, hd, jazz, lolwat, music, pawel binczycki, rune fisker
We Are Golden
“I’ll start a fire with sticks,
I’ll put it out with my fists,
I’ll swim across the sound.
I’ll build a house in the trees,
We’ll live wherever we please,
And never settle down…”
When Tommy Wilson submitted the attached for our perusal he wrote the following in the ‘Why is this perfect for The Tripatorium™?’ field: “It is an awesome music video, trippy and weird in the best way possible. Animation goes perfect with music. This is your bread and butter.”
He’s right.
Jonathan Seligson, a Brooklyn-based independent animator, conjured up a slew of bizarre, psychedelic visuals that simultaneously leverage all the dreamy atmospherics of Black Light Dinner Party‘s synthpop sound while maintaining a narrative structure the pays homage to the song’s earnest, simple lyrics. It’s four-and-a-half minutes of fantastic, sufficiently out-there late-night watchables which is just how I likes ‘em.
The bits are available in 1080p, too so get it loaded full-screen, dim the lights and turn the volume way-up. Enjoy!
Thanks for sending this our way, Tommy!
[ Black Light Dinner Party - We Are Golden ]
posted by respondcreate on Mar. 06, 2013 in Videos | tags: animation, atmospheric, bizarre, black light dinner party, colorful, fantasy, hd, jonathan seligson, music video, psychedelic, trippy
Etam Cru: Betz & Sainer
Betz & Sainer are two Polish artists (from Łódź and Turek, respectively) who collaborate under the ETAM Cru moniker and are just as comfortable creating screen prints and canvases as they are painting huge-ass murals. The attached images are just a small sampling of their work so, if you want to see more, hit up their individual blogs (Betz / Sainer) or the official ETAM site. Enjoy!
P.S. If you like what you see here, be sure to check out Aryz’s work, too.
[ ETAM Cru ]
posted by respondcreate on Feb. 24, 2013 in Pictures | tags: art, betz, bizarre, colorful, etam cru, graffiti, nature, painting, poland, psychedelic, sainer, street art, trippy
Stardust
”Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are the ships that opened the Solar System for the human species, trailblazing a path for future generations. Before their launch, in August and September 1977, we were almost wholly ignorant about most of the planetary part of the Solar System. In the next dozen years, they provided our first detailed, close-up information on many new worlds–some of them previously known only as fuzzy disks in the eyepieces of ground-based telescopes, some merely as points of light, and some whose very existence was unsuspected. They are still returning reams of data.
These spacecraft have taught us about the wonders of other worlds, about the uniqueness and fragility of our own, about beginnings and ends. They have given us access to most of the Solar System–both in extent and in mass. They are the ships that first explored what may be homelands of our remote descendants.” – from Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
I’ve always been rathered enamoured with the Voyager program – especially the Golden Record, which you’ll get a close-up of at 2:35 – and the fantastic visuals in the attached short by PostPanic do a great job of embroidering JPL‘s masterwork with an appropriate sense of reverence and wonder.
Stardust‘s director, Mischa Rozema, wanted to (among other things) create a film that showed what the universe looked like, “from a different point of view. For example, standing on the surface of the sun looking upwards or witnessing the death and birth of a star - not at all scientifically correct but instead a purely artistic interpretation of such events.”
As you’ll see, he succeeded and the end result (for me, at least) provided a much needed shift in perspective. It’s gorgeous; the perfect companion for a late-night, contemplative, solitary sesh. Enjoy!
[ Stardust ]
posted by respondcreate on Feb. 20, 2013 in Videos | tags: animation, astronomy, hd, mischa rozema, nasa, perspective, postpanic, space, spiritual, voyager
Doomed
“A set of strange creatures whose instincts instead of focusing on survival seem doomed them to an absurd and comic extinction, in the presence of the astonished gaze of the narrator.”
File under: LOLWAT
I had been (im)patiently waiting for El Señor Studio to finally post this, their peculiar ‘nature’ documentary spoof, after first seeing its trailer back in the summer of 2011. Prepare yourself for an unexpected, bizarre treat…ENJOY!
P.S. If you enjoyed the attached, definitely give this a watch next.
[ Doomed: a biological cartoon! ]
posted by respondcreate on Feb. 13, 2013 in Videos | tags: animation, biology, bizarre, documentary, el señor studio, evolution, hd, nature
Second Summer
“Now when we kiss, I feel like physics are true;
The world, it spins; my body, begins with you.”
File under: LOLWAT
ADHD – Fox’s new late-night Adult Swim-esque animation block – put together these bizarre visuals for L.A. synthpop outfit, Y△CHT. Enjoy!
Credit is due to Z and Zak for the suggestion…thanks for writing in, guys!
[ SECOND SUMMER | YACHT x ADHD ]
posted by respondcreate on Feb. 05, 2013 in Videos | tags: adhd, animation, bizarre, colorful, electronic music, hd, music video, retro, trippy, yacht
New Machine For Living
To spread the word about their latest synthesizer – The Sub Phatty – Moog asked Flying Lotus and lilfuchs to combine their talents on a one-and-a-half minute promo video. Their last collaboration yielded Zodiac Shit, one of my all-time favorite music videos, and the attached is a similar dose of colorful, trippy eye-candy. It’s a treat, y’all…enjoy!
Cheers to Julian for sending this one our way...thanks!
[ Moog Sub Phatty | Flying Lotus | New Machine For Living ]
posted by respondcreate on Jan. 30, 2013 in Videos | tags: animation, colorful, electronic music, eye candy, flying lotus, hd, lilfuchs, moog, psychedelic, trippy, wormhole
Cirrus
I’m a rather outspoken fan of both Bonobo and Cyriak so when I found out that Ninja Tune recently facilitated a collaboration between the two I was pretty fuckin’ pumped…so much so, in fact, that I didn’t watch the attached til this morning. The end of last week had been pretty busy and the last thing I wanted to do was have the initial screening take place on a small-ass screen with some tinny earbuds delivering the audio.
Cyriak’s visuals are gonna be kick-ass no matter what (Exhibit A) but this music video is especially nice because both his work and Bonobo’s sound are all about a steady layering-on. Each artist starts with small, simple and discrete atoms – a stripped-down drum part or short, simple video loop – and starts piling them on top of one another until the whole far-exceeds the sum of its parts. It’s the same ‘spirit’ that’s inherent to many other things I enjoy – electronic music, programming, nature and fractals just to name a few – so to have it distilled into one three-and-a-half minute dose is, well, thrilling. Art is just magic sometimes. Fuck yeah.
Even though I already knew about this one it was fantastic to open up the suggestion bin and find messages from Sam Lillard, Garrett and Mickey Gral ensuring I wouldn’t miss it. Thanks so much guys! Cheers!
P.S. Our Ninja Tune and Cyriak feeds are worthy of your attention. Enjoy!
[ Bonobo - 'Cirrus' (Official Video) ]
posted by respondcreate on Jan. 27, 2013 in Videos | tags: animation, atmospheric, bonobo, cyriak, electronic music, fractals, hd, music video, ninja tune, nostalgia, trippy