Richard Massingham's LSD Trip

July 17, 2019 6:12 PM

Breakfast (Cyriak, YT) The newest from Cyriak, this remix of British PSA actor Richard Massingham's short Pedestrian Crossing goes in all the directions you would expect of Cyriak.
posted by CrystalDave (17 comments total)

i would like to play a bullet hell game built around art by cyriak. presumably this game would be incredibly difficult.
posted by Reclusive Novelist Thomas Pynchon at 6:28 PM on July 17, 2019 [5 favorites]

Another masterpiece by Cyriak...who has never taken LSD.
posted by rmmcclay at 6:47 PM on July 17, 2019

There's an element of humour in everything that Cyriak does but this one had more so than usual - or at least it was more obvious. Certainly less nightmarish than much of his work. His oeuvre is not my cup of tea but there's no denying that he has unique vision and remarkable talent.
posted by ashbury at 6:52 PM on July 17, 2019 [1 favorite]

Yea, it's got the music and the tessellating models, but you can't really call it a Cyriak video without fractally recursive body horror can you?
posted by pwnguin at 6:58 PM on July 17, 2019 [5 favorites]

His oeuvre is my cup of tea.

My phone’s ring tone is the audio from cycles
posted by aubilenon at 6:58 PM on July 17, 2019 [4 favorites]

Maybe he can do one with oeuvres and cups of tea.
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 7:03 PM on July 17, 2019

Cups of tea made out of cups of tea, the whole agglomeration merrily bouncing along a trail, intermittently splitting into more cups of tea made out of cups of tea, or sending up stalks made of cups of tea upon which cups of tea made of cups of tea grow.

Eventually a hand made of cups of tea appears, lifts up a cup of tea made of cups of tea, and tilts it. Kettles pour out.
posted by egypturnash at 8:08 PM on July 17, 2019 [2 favorites]

That was excellent. I think one reason Cyriak never gets old for me is that even when it's grotesque body-horror, it always has a sense of fun. It's just so happy.
posted by Bugbread at 9:41 PM on July 17, 2019 [4 favorites]

No spidercows in this one, but delightful nonetheless. A new Cyriak is always pleasant interesting.

I somehow managed to post this comment in the previous thread. Hope I didn't leave anyone wildly confused.
posted by los pantalones del muerte at 1:09 AM on July 18, 2019 [2 favorites]

loved it - he's one of our family favourites.
posted by greenhornet at 1:39 AM on July 18, 2019

Certainly less nightmarish than much of his work. My thought too; also more of an M. C. Escher vibe. Very cool as always; can’t wait to show my daughter.
posted by TedW at 4:55 AM on July 18, 2019

I don't know, man; it's kind of hard to beat RIP, his tribute to Ub Iwerks.
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:13 AM on July 18, 2019 [1 favorite]

In these days of modern times, it's refreshing to find something that's less disturbing than you expected.
posted by Flexagon at 6:32 AM on July 18, 2019 [1 favorite]

Don't miss Cyriak's new novel, Horse Destroys the Universe. It's delightful.
posted by ulotrichous at 6:41 AM on July 18, 2019 [2 favorites]

tbf you’d consider this one body horror if you happened to be a car.
posted by Reclusive Novelist Thomas Pynchon at 7:39 AM on July 18, 2019 [2 favorites]

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posted by Lipstick Thespian at 1:26 PM on July 18, 2019

Cyriak is the:
• MC Escher
• Salvador Dali
• They Might Be Giants
• Devo
...of the YouTube age
posted by not_on_display at 12:01 AM on July 19, 2019 [1 favorite]