Planetary Engineering for Climate Change
As time progresses and we begin to reevaluate ourselves, our civilization, and our place in the world the collective psyche has changed focus. In the midst of a paradigm shift the true essence of 21st century reality is emerging as we shed the preconceptions of old and discard the antiquated in favor of progress.
Surrealistic expression has been on the rise and it remains a gauge by which we can monitor the collective psyche's movement into a higher plane - a consciousness that is more intelligent, thoughtful, and full of dreams.
These times are not easy for many people, especially for Americans. Seven years of war, eight years of a tyrannical president, and now a financial crisis, people have begun to look for meaning in their lives. They begin to look for meaning which cannot be bought and purpose which cannot be taught. We have begun to look into our dreams - into the unspoken depths of our consciousness hoping for an answer or at the very least a respite from the harsh realities. We are quickly becoming dreamers and idealists the likes of which has not been seen since the Victorian Age.
These attitudes will be extremely beneficial to the human condition as the assortment of contemporary technology allows us to express ourselves in ways that were once not possible. The Dali: Painting and Film exhibition at MoMa summer 2008 was extremely successful with much attention paid to Dali's video works in particular. Previously unknown to many, Dali's video productions provided another medium through which the public could experience his vision and in our increasingly video oriented culture this exhibition served as a harbinger for video-surrealism.
Dali in New York, 1965 One of the more interesting works of late is the music video for Bjork - Wanderlust which debuted in the Spring of 2008. Its production encompasses the dynamacy and obscurity which is trademark of surrealism, as well as a dreamlike and absurd progression of events. The animation paired with the instrumentation of entrancing horns is extremely successful at pulling the viewer into this reality.
Bjork - Wanderlust, 2008
Music, movement, and most importantly format and duration of video-surrealism is what makes it completely unique from its grandfather movement. It is important to realize that surrealism is an attitude, not a throwback. It is sharing a dream, sharing unspoken desire and it is a rejection of the ironic and trivial in favor of deep meaning, texture, and content.
Surrealistic expression has been on the rise and it remains a gauge by which we can monitor the collective psyche's movement into a higher plane - a consciousness that is more intelligent, thoughtful, and full of dreams.
These times are not easy for many people, especially for Americans. Seven years of war, eight years of a tyrannical president, and now a financial crisis, people have begun to look for meaning in their lives. They begin to look for meaning which cannot be bought and purpose which cannot be taught. We have begun to look into our dreams - into the unspoken depths of our consciousness hoping for an answer or at the very least a respite from the harsh realities. We are quickly becoming dreamers and idealists the likes of which has not been seen since the Victorian Age.
These attitudes will be extremely beneficial to the human condition as the assortment of contemporary technology allows us to express ourselves in ways that were once not possible. The Dali: Painting and Film exhibition at MoMa summer 2008 was extremely successful with much attention paid to Dali's video works in particular. Previously unknown to many, Dali's video productions provided another medium through which the public could experience his vision and in our increasingly video oriented culture this exhibition served as a harbinger for video-surrealism.
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Dali in New York, 1965 One of the more interesting works of late is the music video for Bjork - Wanderlust which debuted in the Spring of 2008. Its production encompasses the dynamacy and obscurity which is trademark of surrealism, as well as a dreamlike and absurd progression of events. The animation paired with the instrumentation of entrancing horns is extremely successful at pulling the viewer into this reality.
Bjork - Wanderlust, 2008
Music, movement, and most importantly format and duration of video-surrealism is what makes it completely unique from its grandfather movement. It is important to realize that surrealism is an attitude, not a throwback. It is sharing a dream, sharing unspoken desire and it is a rejection of the ironic and trivial in favor of deep meaning, texture, and content.