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Surreal flash game

tellurian — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:02:51 -0800

Vector Defenders [flash game, some NSFW]. Ep 1: Icons Alliance, Ep 2: The Ink Quest, Ep 3: The Return Of The Type.

Jolifanto Bambla O Falli Bambla!

jonp72 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:53:55 -0800

In 1916, Hugo Ball would fulfill his own dadaist manifesto by reciting his own nonsense poetry at the Cabaret Voltaire (not that Cabaret Voltaire), while wearing a Cubist costume or a cylinder with the number 13 covering his face. Ball's poem, Gadji Beri Bimba, inspired the Talking Heads song, I Zimbra, but his most famous poem is Karawane, a pioneering example of sound poetry. Karawane has more conventional avant-garde versions on YouTube, but none is more surreal than the recitation from memory by Marie Osmond (yes, that Marie Osmond) from a 1980s broadcast of Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

Other People's Pictures

gamera — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:45:30 -0800

You are interested in the unknown... the mysterious. The unexplainable. That is why you are here. And now, for the first time, we are bringing to you, the full story of what happened on that fateful day. We are bringing you all the evidence, based only on the secret testimony, of the miserable souls, who survived this terrifying ordeal. The incidents, the places. My friend, we cannot keep this a secret any longer. Let us punish the guilty. Let us reward the innocent. My friend, can your heart stand the shocking facts of a flickr collection of old snapshots?

Cartoons AGAINST Narrative!

defenestration — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:14:04 -0800

“A Dream To Have In Heaven” (Tengoku De Miru Yume - 天国でみる夢) is a non-narrative, surreal manga created by Maki Sasaki. It was published in the November 1967 issue of Garo, a now-defunct alternative and avant-garde monthly manga anthology magazine that peaked in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The Hole in the Wall on Top Shelf!

taz — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:09:09 -0800

The Hole in the Wall [via mefi projects] is our own interrobang's surrealistic cat story now being serialized at Top Shelf Comics as part of their new Webcomics section, and it's definitely something special - pen & ink & watercolor adventures of two cats exploring a mysterious and dangerous underground landscape. More comics like this will be posted there depending on the popularity of this one, so if you love art, great comics, or cats, you will want to check it out. This was a part of interrobang's Year in Comics project, so if you fall in love with the Hole in the Wall kittehs (you will!), go have look at his other stuff, as well.

Slow Flash interface that's actually worth it.

IronLizard — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:19:06 -0800

Very cool demos in Flash (can be very slow loading).

omg, it's made of food!

taz — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:06:41 -0800

Surreal photographic Foodscapes by photographer Carl Warner. Strawberry hot air balloons, towers of cheese, potato boulders, green pea boats on seas of salmon, spice roads, and sugar beaches populate these intricate and luscious scenes. More dishy foodscapes (the plate rainbow = ♥!) and other wonderful visual tricks at his Flash site in the "Fotographics" section (look for the fabulous forest of boots and the white cotton winter wonderland!). Note that the Foodscapes and other illusions are in the second section at his site (the orange box), which contains four folders. Flash. gah. I also found a bit about the process at The Thinking Blog. Via presurfer, via neatorama. And other places... but too good not to link here.

You don't see that every day

Lord_Pall — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:57:48 -0800

Prisoner 547 is a Rabbit in prison. He shares a cell with another Rabbit, a Frog and a Chicken. It is visiting day. In Japanese. One episode of many. Apparently these are from here. There are a bunch more episodes on Youtube.

Lift

Krrrlson — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:34:19 -0800

A recent post on Russian animation reminded me of the "Lift" series of short animations, created by the Pilot studio [link in Russian]. There are, count 'em, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 installments. Knowledge of Russian not required to watch.

Somehow he has footage of my happy place.

louche mustachio — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:48:12 -0800

Ivan Maximov makes some lovely and strange animation. Two more. These and more can also be viewed on his site.

Koichiro Tsujikawa : self-taught surrealist filmmaker.

Dave Faris — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:16:29 -0800

Koichiro Tsujikawa : self-taught surrealist filmmaker. Mostly music videos : Like a Rolling Stone .. Eyes [hi-fi, making of] .. Untitled .. Fit Song.. Breezin' .. Tone Twilight Zone .. Wonder Word .. Gakaxy in the Groove .. I Hate Hate

Antoni Gaudi

vronsky — Tue, 15 May 2007 18:25:57 -0800

Three exceptionally beautiful videos featuring surreal genius architect Antoni Gaud i

PSST! Pass It On…

ijoshua — Tue, 08 May 2007 06:37:49 -0800

PSST! Pass It On…

Anime that melts in your mind, not in your eyes.

metasonix — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:08:20 -0800

Paprika. (warning-flash, nsfw) If you've seen the bizarre anime series Paranoia Agent, you've been exposed to the genius of Satoshi Kon.

His latest project is generating enormous buzz--now that an American release for it is finally due in May.
Comments by reviewers seem to agree that it is ten times weirder--and cooler--than Paranoia Agent. The American trailer, at least, is an eye-popper. One note: if you often fall from great heights during your nightmares, you might want to skip this movie. (via)

Kliban, Tooth and Claw

maryh — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:57:19 -0800

As a teenager, Bernard "Hap" Kliban joked about wanting to join the Air Force to strafe civilians. Instead, he became a fabulously successful cartoonist best known for his Cats. But his non-cat work was perhaps more influential, and certainly funnier. Gallery 1, gallery 2, gallery 3. (many NSFW)

Fictional ruins from fictional worlds

sidereal — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:34:49 -0800

Carl Zimmerman's Landmarks of Industrial Britain is a photographic series of fictional public buildings derived from small scale architectural maquettes. BLDGBLOG has an informative and entertaining writeup of these vaguely surreal works. There's something oddly compelling about photographs of things that don't quite exist.

Goodbye 20th Centegenarians

pfafflin — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:29:01 -0800

The Young@ Heart Chorus, a group of mostly amateur entertainers (some who never stepped on stage before the age of 80), performs Sonic Youth's "Schizophrenia". As seen on a recent Channel 4 documentary about the group. [Via].

ripping up the pavement

madamjujujive — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:27:32 -0800

Skate Bording Girls. Disclaimers: flash clip, uncanny nudity.

Disturbing & Beautiful Snow Globe Art

jonson — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:51:15 -0800

Walter Martin & Paloma Munoz carve beautiful minature scenes with an otherworldly (almost nightmarish) quality about them, and then display the finished product in snow globes. Full gallery here, additional gallery here.

It's Mascot Monday!

kyleg — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:26:32 -0800

Ever worry you're not having enough surreal experiences every day? Don't fret, today's Mascot Monday!

Eye Candy, Politics and WTF?

nylon — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:38:24 -0800

Dreamies. It's 1972, and affable salaryman and good husband Bill Holt quits his good job at 3M to become a musical pioneer from the comfort of his own basement. The resulting album, Dreamies, is notable for its generous and ahead-of-its-time use of sampling/plunderphonics and became a highly sought-after lost classic until its re-release this year. Bill now has his own website, also called Dreamies, where he releases Eye Candy and Politics in liberal doses. Some are hypnotic, some are, for want of a better term, 'relaxing', others are anything but. And all of them are subtly infused with the slightly unsettling taste of Huh?

ce n'est pas une bicyclette

madamjujujive — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:58:15 -0800

In 1963, a full 3 years before his first MoI recording, a young, beardless Zappa appeared live on the Steve Allen show playing a musical composition on bicycles. Jerry Hopkins, the show's talent coordinator, discusses how the young musician's debut performance came about. Hardcore zappaphiles can view Part 1, Part 2 (Danger: long & grainy B&W YouTube clips, diamonds in the rough).

Swimming pool surrealism

nickyskye — Sun, 28 May 2006 12:58:39 -0800

Sous La Mer . Underwater nudes by Alberich Mathews. Webs of light. [via]

Surreal

tellurian — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:40:20 -0800

The truth is what you believe [flash game] I'm stuck with a matchstick with a number on top [found in the fabulous Surreal & Visionary Artists of the 21st Century].

A single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat.

rxrfrx — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:42:30 -0800

Ideas In Food. Beautiful photographs of totally surreal cuisine.