Kol-Belov

January 30, 2006 10:45 PM

It takes a long time to load, but Kol-Belov's "PU's_tota" is just so creepy and bizarre and awesome with really cool music. The artist is obviously deeply weird, also highlighted in the series of shorts, "Self-Destructing Organisms." There's also a game. These are Flash animations. Nearly all of them contain a modest amount of cartoon violence/gore; may not be safe for work. Also, the guy really loves his industrial music.
posted by Gator (4 comments total)

Well, I'm not sure about anyone else, but I found this to be sufficiently awesome.
posted by neckro23 at 2:46 AM on January 31, 2006

I liked it a lot too. The video kind of reminded me of Jan Svankmajer, but I liked the style more as a music video than in Svankmajer's long narratives, which I find kind of tedious. Also, the mechanical deep water fish were nice. I wonder if this predates the video for Depeche Mode's "Precious", and if so, if there's any connection?
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 7:28 AM on January 31, 2006

I loved the name of the sound guy on "PU's_tota."

Heh.
posted by Samizdata at 10:34 AM on January 31, 2006

Yes, Theodor Bastard, heh. Really, I think that music is quite lovely (what would it be called? Gothic? Trance?), and well worth listening to, even if I don't understand a word of it. Kind of a Russian cross between Loreena McKennitt and Evanescence, maybe?
posted by Gator at 11:18 AM on January 31, 2006