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
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
“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
“Taking its title from the Latin word for “Little Human”, the piece is an associative mashup between the two concepts behind the word: The first being middle-age alchemical beliefs that “little men” could be spontaneous generated from dead or decaying matter. The second being Carl Jung’s usage as a personification of pure id…more”
Set phasers to bizarre; this short film, directed by Sam Stephens and created by Hydra – the in-house collaborative directing team at NYC-based Humble TV – provides an ample, potent dose of weirdness. Enjoy!
[ Homunculus ]
posted by respondcreate on Nov. 01, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, decay, hd, horror, humble tv, hydra, koven smith, time lapse, trippy
“In a movement of a thousand helping hands,
I am not beyond the saccharine of sycophantic rants.
In a moment of a wilderness exposed,
Is this lack of wisdom better than a charismatic soul?”
Lovin’ this ominous, spooky and monochromatic music video for Timber Timbre as directed by Carlos De Carvalho with animation from Pierric Danjou, Thomas Lecourt and Charles Lemor. Happy Halloween, y’all!
[ Do I Have Power - Timber timbre (2011) ]
posted by respondcreate on Oct. 31, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, carlos de carvalho, death, french, hd, horror, insects, je regarde, monochromatic, music video, shame, skeleton, timber timbre
I don’t think it’s presumptuous to conclude that, if you’re a fan of this site, you probably also appreciate good glass. I don’t know if you’d classify this as trippy in fact, I wouldn’t call it that at all – nevertheless I think it still has a home on the site. It’s a great watch; especially if you’ve got a piece of glassware nearby that you’re particularly fond of.
By the way, the craftsman you’re watching is an Aussie named Llewelyn Ash. Follow this hyperlink to see more of his work. Benjamin Dowie of Beanpole Productions is responsible for putting this film together and chose Featherstone by The Paper Kites as it’s soundtrack.
It’s a fantastic look into a talented individual’s unique, creative process. Enjoy.
[ Llewelyn Ash {Adventures of a Glass Blower} ]
posted by respondcreate on Oct. 27, 2011 in Videos | tags: art, austrailia, beanpole productions, benjamin dowie, creation, documentary, glass blowing, hd, llewelyn ash, surfing, the paper kites
It took two years for Celine Desrumaux to complete this short film – the care and patience invested shines through – and she cites Chris Ware, Hans Richter, Len Lye, Stanley Kubrick, Godfrey Reggio and this iconic speech by John F. Kennedy as her primary sources of inspiration. The visuals are amplified considerably by the haunting, urgent sounds of Apparat, a musician whose tunes I highly recommend you start acquiring. Especially his entry in the DJKicks series and Orchestra of Bubbles, a timeless and transporting collaboration with Ellen Allien.
Celine’s visuals do an excellent job of teasing out the inherent warmth of Granulard Bastard, highlighting the seemingly contradictory tension of how technology, often times cold and distant, can be a tool for achieving something as natural/instinctual like the humanity’s need to explore. It’s fantastic.
If you’re diggin’ the Apparat then don’t miss Warm Signal which we posted back in January.
[ Countdown - HD ]
posted by respondcreate on Oct. 25, 2011 in Videos | tags: abstract, animation, apparat, celine desrumaux, colorful, electronic music, french, hd, space, technology
Today’s dose of LOLWAT is served up by stop motion animator Max Winston who completed this project while studying at CalArts. Get ready for some bizarre whacked-out horror!
Cheers to Sam Lillard for another fantastic suggestion!
posted by respondcreate on Oct. 24, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, calarts, hd, horror, lolwat, max winston, spirituality, stop motion
“As simple as it looks. The whole video is hand drawn frame by frame - markers on paper.”
Katarzyna Kijek and Przemysław Adamski are a directing duo from Poland who we’ve featured on the site before. They’re back with another labor intensive video, this time trading in flashlights and yarn for paper and markers. The hand-drawn execution goes beyond mere novelty (though it’s certainly a nice touch) by providing an aesthetic that reinforces we cut corners’ simple lyrics and aching earnestness. It’s as if the whole thing were drawn in a notebook on a long, contemplative and rainy bus ride home from school.
Kijek and Adamski are dedicated to their craft (just take a look at how many markers they went through) so do yourself a favor and head on over to their blog or Vimeo page to see more of their work. Oh, and a big ‘thank you’ is due to Hamilton for sending it our way. Cheers!
[ We Cut Corners "Pirate's Life" ]
posted by respondcreate on Oct. 19, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, contemplative, hand drawn, hd, illustration, katarzyna kijek, music video, przemysław adamski, trippy
Jérémie Périn, best known for his brilliant work on 16-bit sexcapade Truckers Delight, is back with a new music video for DyE‘s latest release on Tigersushi. It’s a potent, high-definition dose of the bizarre and a perfect apéritif to calibrate your palette for All Hallows’ Eve. I’m not going to divulge any details for where this ends up (it’d be a crime to spoil the surprise) but I should mention that it’s a bit NSFW so wait to click play until you’re off-the-clock. Enjoy!
A big thanks is due to Choplogik for sending this one our way. Cheers!
[ DYE "Fantasy" Official Video by JEREMIE PERIN ]
posted by respondcreate on Oct. 18, 2011 in Videos | tags: animation, bizarre, dye, electronic music, french, hd, horror, jérémie périn, music video, nsfw, sex, tigersushi, trippy