Five students from Supinfocom Arles – Paul Alexandre, Maxime Cazaux, Dara Cazamea, Romain Delaunay and Bruno Ortolland – expertly crafted this surreal, bizarre and most-definitely trippy animated short for their final graduation project. As a life-long fan of monster movies I whole-heartedly approve. Enjoy!
A big thanks goes to Ted Mentele for submitting this all-the-way back in May. Our apologies for not getting it on the site sooner; it was inexplicably buried deep within our inbox and, like a treasure long buried, became a most-welcome surprise when we unearthed it this morning. Cheers!
[ Hambuster ]
posted by respondcreate on Jul. 19, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, french, hd, horror, monster, munchies, supinfocom, surreal, trippy
Today’s dose of LOLWAT comes directly from the bizarre mind of David OReilly.
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posted by respondcreate on Jul. 18, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, cats, david oreilly, hd, lolwat, mind bending, nazis
I was checking out the tumblr of one of our regular readers/contributors, Britlee, a couple nights back when I came across this video that Rocco Pezzella, Andrea Staiano and Francesco Castellani directed and produced for the London based upbeat french-house-filter-disco-sample-mashing electro outfit, Phonat. Lots of nice abstract high definition visuals that twitch, flash and evolve in step with the uplifting party tunes. Good times all around folks; enjoy!
[ Phonat - "Love Hits The Fan" music video via INSTRUCT ME HOW TO DOUGLAS ]
posted by respondcreate on Jul. 15, 2011 in Videos | tags: abstract, animation, colorful, electronic music, good times, hd, music video, phonat
Colorful high definition animation set to some french electro pop that takes the viewer on a bizarre fantastic voyage through a forest to a flying train, the inner wormhole visions of the mind and beyond. In other words: an instant classic of The Tripatorium™. Direction from Sanghon Kim, production by Machine Molle (of Cartoon Style Fighting Kids fame) with backing tunes courtesy Les Mains Ensorcelées.
The proper viewing ritual should be familiar by now: full screen, in HD with a nice pair of headphones strapped to your skull. Enjoy!
[ [clip] Les Mains Ensorcelées (The Bewitched Hands) - Sur Le Quai ]
posted by respondcreate on Jul. 11, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, colorful, fantasy, french, hd, les mains ensorcelées, machine molle, music video, nature, sanghon kim, trippy, wormhole
“The Sun acts as an enormous power plant. The energy is created deep inside the core of the Sun, here the temperature is over 14 million degrees and the pressure so enormous that hydrogen atoms are squeezed together into another element: helium.”
Time for some science, bitches – prepare to get your learn on! The Sun is an endlessly fascinating topic for me and this video, produced by forskning.no in concert with the Department of Physics at the University of Oslo, does a great job of explaining the complex process of how the Aurora Borealis forms in an easy-to-understand way. Speaking of which, my favorite way to wrap my head around complex topics, like nuclear fusion, is to first head over to Simple English Wikipedia. It’s page on The Sun is fantastic – “The sun is basically a very, very large ball of plasma bubbling with non-stop explosions. These explosions give off so much energy that if we could gather all the Sun’s energy for one second it would be enough to power the U.S.for 9 million years…more” – as are the entries pertaining to the Higgs Boson, strong force and the special theory of relativity. Don’t forget: knowledge is power.
Related: More Aurora Borealis on The Tripatorium™.
posted by respondcreate on Jul. 08, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, astronomy, aurora borealis, colorful, educational, science, space, sun
“For you.”
“You do realize I’m breaking up with you, right?”
“Well that’s the strange thing; it’s actually yours now. I don’t know why it works that way but I’m never going to be able to get over you and so from now on every girl that I meet will be meticulously compared to you and, unfortunately, none of them will be able to measure up to the false memory of what you and I once ‘had’.”
Chris Milk directed this fantastic more-than-a-music-video for one of my all-time favorite acts, Gnarls Barkley. Bask in the strangeness, friends.
[ Gnarls Barkley - Who's Gonna Save My Soul ]
posted by respondcreate on Jul. 08, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, chris milk, dark, gnarls barkley, hd, heart, love, music video, trippy
”...or how to mastermind a nonsensical parade following a cock-a-hoop bestiary into the doors of infinity.”
Five second-year students at French school-of-awesome, Gobelins – Hanne Galvez, Yoann Hervo, Juliette Laurent, Stephanie Mercier and Pierre Zenzuis – put together this fantastic, trippy, bizarre and wonderful animated short that was exhibited as one of the many opening films that kicked off this year’s Annecy, the legendary international animation film festival. If this is what they’re making now during their second year, imagine what their graduation films will be like. Enjoy!
P.S. If you’re into process, be sure to check out this great Röyksopp-backed ‘making of’ video that Juliette put together.
[ Oh gee Oh why ]
posted by respondcreate on Jul. 01, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, circus, colorful, french, gobelins, hd, kaleidoscope, whimsical
Absolutely loving Mathias Lachal’s graduation film from his time at Emile Ecole. The fluidity of motion his animation exhibits reminds me a lot of Shinichirō Watanabe‘s work, especially the smooth action sequences in Samurai Champloo. We expect great things from Mathias in the future and will be keeping close watch on his Vimeo account.
A big thanks goes to Tyler Vanston for another fantastic suggestion. Speaking of suggestions, we’ve been inundated with lots of great submissions over the past few weeks and are doing our best to catch up. Be assured: we check out each-and-every one so keep em’ coming, friends.
[ Chute (Fall) ]
posted by respondcreate on Jul. 01, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, extreme sports, french, hd, mathias lachal, sky diving, trippy
Rogier van der Zwaag and Nobody Beats the Drum have teamed up again – y’all remember Grindin’, right? – to delicious effect. Headphones and full-screened HD is probably the most efficient way to ingest this strange, stop-motion journey through the forest backed with catchy electro-synth soaked grooves. Get up on it like this.
Fun Fact: This video was financed by the Dutch TAX fund and took over seven nights of shooting in the forests near Putten to complete. Click here if you’re interested in a behind-the-scenes peek of how it all came together.
[ Nobody Beats the Drum - Poisson Vert ]
posted by respondcreate on Jun. 29, 2011 in Videos | tags: 100% halal, animation, electronic music, forest, hd, light, music video, rogier van der zwaag, stop motion, trees, trippy
Ptarmak (direction), Sissy Emmons (illustration) and David Hobizal (animation) teamed up to create this abstract, mysterious and psychedelic music video for the Austin-based post-rock outfit Explosions in the Sky. Good stuff, friends.
A big thanks goes to Niko for bringing it to our attention.
[ Explosions in the Sky - Last Known Surroundings Official Music Video in HD ]
posted by respondcreate on Jun. 27, 2011 in Videos | tags: abstract, animation, bizarre, david hobizal, explosions in the sky, hd, music video, psychedelic, ptarmak, sissy emmons, trippy
Advertisements, by their very nature, are usually pretty awful. The primary function of a commercial is not to entertain but rather to coerce; to compel the viewer to do something they otherwise might not want to. I went back and forth about whether or not to post this but decided in the end, hey, what the fuck, right? I mean, there’s a giant escalator that delivers the goddamn Beatles to a huge pair of eyes keeping watch over a fire-ringed rainbow waterfall that’s hovering above a towering blue marching elephant. This is exactly the type of stuff this site was created to showcase in the first place.
I like living in a society where goods are created and sold – I’m no idealistic separatist by any means – and if those products include marketing budgets for moving pictures I’d rather see that money go to production houses like Passion Pictures, especially if it means they have the resources to keep creating inventive and original stuff like this.
A big thanks goes to Arian for sending this one in. Cheers!
posted by respondcreate on Jun. 27, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, commercial, passion pictures, psychedelic, the beatles, trippy
More Steve Smith, more Slugabed, more Ninja Tune. All good things, friends. Ensure HD is on, click full screen, don the headphones and bask in the ever-shifting strangeness.
posted by respondcreate on Jun. 23, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, datamosh, electronic music, music video, ninja tune, pixelate, psychedelic, slugabed, space, steven smith, trippy
Don Whitaker, the mind behind Squircle Zoom, just completed another fractal video backed with a tune by Eskmo, one of the many fine artists from Ninja Tune. Serving suggestion: full screen + headphones. Enjoy!
[ Fata Morgana 0.9 ]
posted by respondcreate on Jun. 22, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, don whitaker, eskmo, fractals, hd, ninja tune, psychedelic, trippy
“So you’ve heard of every instrument but?
Torn from your history books is this pianola,
This harpsichord of harm.
The cruelest instrument to spawn from man’s grey cerebral soup.
The Cat Piano.”
KC Gordon posted this gem to our Facebook wall over a week ago and it’s a shame that it took us so long to get it up on the site. ‘The Cat Piano’ is a fantastic eight-and-a-half minute animated short based on a poem by Eddie White. Eddie, along with Ari Gibson, directed the film, Nick Cave provided the narration and animation duties were expertly handled by The People’s Republic of Animation. The whole film is great but we especially enjoy the sequence that starts at 4:52. Enjoy!
Thanks for the heads-up, KC! If you’ve got anything that you think would be perfect for The Tripatorium™ you can submit your suggestions either here on the site or on our Facebook page.
[ The Cat Piano ]
posted by respondcreate on Jun. 21, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, ari gibson, australian, colorful, dark, eddie white, hd, nick cave, poetry, the people's republic of animation, trippy
Lovin’ the style and execution of this Ned Wenlock directed and Rodney Selby animated music video for Danger Beach.
[ Apache ]
posted by respondcreate on Jun. 20, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, colorful, danger beach, dream damage records, graphic, hd, music video, ned wenlock, paper, rodney selby
“Brother you don’t need to turn me away, I was waiting down at the ancient gate;
You’ll go, wherever you go today, you’ll go today.”
Encourage your Saturday night mellow with this most chill of pairings: the delicious haunting harmonies of Fleet Foxes served alongside the abstract cut-paper stop motion visions of Sean Pecknold. Both Sean and ‘Foxes have been featured on The Tripatorium™ before which can be handily accessed through the following two hyperlinks: Knowledge / Grown Ocean.
A big thanks goes to Chris for the suggestion – cheers!
posted by respondcreate on Jun. 18, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, chill, contemplative, fleet foxes, music video, paper, sean pecknold, stop motion, sub pop, trippy
Two members of The Council of The Tripatorium™ were hanging out and came across this video. They both highly recommend watching it. That is all.
Music by IS TROPICAL, direction from MEGAFORCE and animation by 7 of Machine Molle.
[ IS TROPICAL - THE GREEKS via BuzzFeed ]
posted by tizmatti on Jun. 17, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, cartoon, fighting, is tropical, kids, machine molle, megaforce
“In the beginning there was nothing and in the middle of it was God.
Vast omnipotent and calm he hung in thoughts simmering and popping with fathomless tiny stars.
If time existed, much would pass before the God, young but wise, came to realize that even gods need conversation…”
This creation myth was written, directed and created by Tony Comley – the super-talented guy behind D N A U X B (If you haven’t watched that yet do so immediately; it’s fantastic.) – as part of the Animator in Residence program at the University of Wales. Tony, and the UoW students who were lucky enough to work with him, turned this around in only three weeks. Impressive. The entire piece was also animated entirely on a Powerbook G4. Even more impressive. The authoritative, gravelly and stoic voice-over is delivered by Roger Wooster backed with a score composed by Charlie Piper.
We’re big fans of how Tony animates his explosions, blips and ‘force waves’ (for lack of a better term); there’s a unique, expressive energy to each and every one. Truly a treat for the eyes. Enjoy!
[ 'VERSE ]
posted by respondcreate on Jun. 15, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, charlie piper, creation, god, roger wooster, space, spirituality, tony comley, university of wales
Yannick Puig was commissioned to direct and produce this strange and surreal music video for Sandy Lavallart (a.k.a. Kwoon). If you’re interested, head on over to Yannick’s website for a behind-the-scenes look into the inspiration and creative process that went into making the film. A big thanks goes to ‘bugy’ for the heads up on this one. Cheers!
[ Kwoon - I lived on the Moon ]
posted by respondcreate on Jun. 14, 2011 in Videos | tags: 3d, animation, bizarre, fantasy, kwoon, music video, trippy, yannick puig
“Strata-cut animation is most commonly a form of clay animation in which a long bread-like “loaf” of clay, internally packed with varying imagery, is sliced into thin sheets, with the animation camera taking a frame of the end of the loaf for each cut, eventually revealing the movement of the internal images within.”
In the mid-90’s David Daniels revived and refined the stratacut animation technique that was originally pioneered in the 1920s by German animator Oskar Fischinger. The attached video is a montage of some of Daniels’ best sequences – prepare yourselves to bask in the weirdness. Enjoy!
[ Journey Through A Melting Brain (The Stratacut of David Daniels) ]
posted by respondcreate on Jun. 13, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bent image lab, bizarre, claymation, david daniels, mind bending, pee wee's playhouse, stop motion, stratacut, trippy