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May 19, 2014 Andy Cush

Here’s the latest video from Jake Fried, an animator who creates constantly morphing psychedelic tableaux almost entirely by hand. This one is called Headspace, and it accurately portrays the way it feels getting out of bed on Monday morning. Enjoy. […]

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October 14, 2013 Andy Cush

Here’s the latest from Jake Fried, an animator who creates his work by hand on one sheet of paper, often layering ink, paint, and white-out until the paper is several inches thick. This one is called “Down Into Nothing,” and it’s a lot more colorful than the previous few we’ve posted. As always, coffee is […]

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June 18, 2013 Andy Cush

“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Gaslamp Killer’s association with the L.A.-based Brainfeeder collective often gets him painted as an instrumental hip-hop or bass music producer, and while those characterizations hold some truth, his roots are just as deep […]

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April 17, 2013 Kyle Chayka

One reason that human beings create art — whether literary, musical, or visual — is to better understand the world that we live in and how we perceive it. But what happens when that world is suddenly turned upside-down and nothing follows the rules? Struck by an ear disorder that threw his sense of reality out of […]

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April 8, 2013 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, we talk to Yoshi Sodeoka about his gorgeous, psychedelic video project Sibyl.  Since 2010, I’ve been working on this prog-rock inspired psychedelic video project called “Sibyl” with my friend Daron Murphy. I’ve been collecting a lot of freaky prog-rock […]

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