Stan Brakhage - Stellar [1993]

[@thenightbladefeeds]

"Do you think that if you were falling in space... that you would slow down after a while, or go faster and faster?"

[@letitbe121]

Public Execution “Faster and faster... until after a while you wouldn't feel anything; and then your body would just burst into FIRE. And the angel's wouldn't help you, 'cause they've all gone away...”

[@mehdihoseyni97]

You must be more specific

[@Sii7455]

@@mehdihoseyni97 they're quoting Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

[@at.3am]

I get that it's a quote but in real life you would literally keep the same velocity forever

[@GentlemanLife-Beyotch]

How on earth would you even fall into space? You're already here, silly goose.

[@sleepdrifterr]

sea, swallow me fits perfectly over this entire timelapse it’s mesmerizing

[@raydarable]

This is so oddly beautiful.

[@dmonvisigoth1651]

What a beauty.

[@simonegentili4571]

Thanks Caroline for bringing us here

[@regan.8077]

Am I the only one seeing very disturbing and grotesque imagery out of this? I'm sure everyone sees something different.

[@borgeoisie]

Same here

[@pxrp8694]

This is what I saw as a kid in the car wash

[@nemesiszer0708]

I’m seeing a bunch of faces

[@mammi7699]

I guess it triggered my unknown childhood traumas, Im feeling some kind of uneasiness and anxiety over this video...

[@h.hholmes.492]

Through my subjective stretch of the imagination, I might not appeal to most people opinions, but to me, this masterpiece is so beautifully arranged in the maze of an abstract that it aroused every follicle and left me in amazement that how could someone bring this art in themselves, as grotesque as they said it might be, through my knowledge its the purest art ever created, for me, it's not grotesque but a pure celestial chaotic cosmos dancing around that celluloid of his

[@Jules-mq4yg]

Shit aren't you the guy who killed hundreds of people in your hotel lmao

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

Lol

[@lazysundais3162]

You've fallen inside - remember to push my eyes to see the stars

[@ahmadsafwanabdrahman9558]

lazysė 3 undais

[@lliessetilda]

same

[@SPCMTTRS]

Breathtaking

[@judegriffin6464]

One of the greatest artistic achievements of the past century

[@thebrokenclaim]

awesome!!!! Brakhage was a Genius!!! I love him. thanx for share!

[@h.hholmes.492]

These are Beautiful ❤

[@caseynewel356]

I smell the polish off this video. The sleet reminded me of a yet another childish fantasy. Were there was dribbles of paint there was love

[@BKodres]

the cosmos, delivered to you by 1s and 0s

[@kubricklynch]

Thanks for uploading this!

[@iiikaruz]

i played stargirl interlude behind this because in my head it sounded cool and omg i was so right, it was ethereal.

[@IlliaDoroshenko]

I like it. Watching this for my Media Arts class.

[@bobbybobbinson]

This is gorgeous

[@noelwhite6650]

Imagine the music that could go with this. It would be disturbingly beautiful. Or beautifully disturbing.

[@JT29501]

I imagine something by Ligeti, Boulez or Stockhausen might go well.

[@LifeOutward]

I always pair it with Brian Eno's "The Big Ship" for some reason. Gorgeous if you ever pair them together.

[@jwc3o2]

@@JT29501 Zappa

[@i_so_late]

Alon Mor - Flame Devourer has a video that looks inspired by this

[@aussiefilmbro]

idk why but i listened to it with the beatle's revolution 9, somehow it just worked. there was this strange feeling of completion with it, maybe if i listen with another song i can get a different feel to it

[@SunnyOst]

music video for every breakcore song out there

[@TzadikTheManic]

This like being at an Animal Collective show. And/or ketamine in your bloodstream

[@ezrabalcha1800]

how do your eyes see? how do they move? what can they keep track of? the eyes. its all about the eyes.

[@travishood5170]

yes ezra! yo gut ti it yoq get it! you

[@potenvandebizon]

As much bizarre as fascanating and vivid.

[@adrianalopezgaribay9785]

beautiful

[@pxrp8694]

Everyone is see faces because the human mind can easily spot or make up a face Edit: I watched this is 0.50 speed and saw no faces but one that looked very close to face.

[@Cool_kallu]

As A Psychopath I Loved

[@MartinDelCarpio]

love this!

[@NickOwens]

Brakhage's work has this almost hypnotic quality.

[@michaelkennedy4571]

Fantastic anyway, but watch this whilst listening to Echoes by Pink Floyd and oh my God does it become absolutely glorious!

[@dudleylitz7369]

Stanley. I see some-thingk knew every time!

[@sweettooth4018]

I can hear this , screams!

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

Try and see the frames beyond the frames.

[@Ocelot082]

screaming faces

[@mahmoudabdelghany7640]

When you're high and your eyes start to see new horizons

[@jonasstephans5410]

Does anyone else's computer make the image stretch and glitch out when the mouse disappears on fullscreen? I hope I'm not the only one because it looks really cool this way too

[@Ghostdog_89]

❤️❤️❤️

[@batmanlosevoice8210]

Wow literally me

[@MiaBostic]

Cool!

[@Sii7455]

fucking banger

[@caelephaisking3842]

Compagnucci Gang

[@bryanfloresaudiovisualfx]

This is out copyright?

[@scottplumer3668]

I thought this was actually pretty cool. It would make a good backdrop for a psychedelic band, like early Pink Floyd.

[@noahspencer720]

I wish I could buy some of his films on super 8, I have a projector.

[@eskybakzu712]

IN MCDONALDS

[@ericpadro4986]

Kinda spooky

[@NarutoUzumaski]

is it just me or am i seeing freddy fazebear

[@pxrp8694]

When you go to get a car wash

[@nrrgrdn]

What is it!?

[@DjSpin2Win2092]

All I see is fnaf

[@boombang5750]

Best to experience this on weed.

[@PaulGarcia652]

"on weed"

[@louisgardner5580]

dude drugs!!! shut up

[@dominicbanghart1293]

@paul w dude said weed, not crack you pussy smh, granted he said "on weed" like a pleb.

[@xinyawang6858]

0:07

[@user-ej7ss8ei2g]

lol

[@jose000]

.

[@RB939393]

White boy cookin

[@sanchog5704]

There is no plot or story??

[@mehmetbatuarslan442]

Not good

[@tristanjohnson5247]

Someone tell me why this isnt trash

[@thetopface]

+Tristan Johnson Why? There are plenty of lectures, lecture notes, books, academic peer-reviewed articles, textbooks, interviews, documentaries, and entire film classes that cover the technical practice, context, and legacy of Brakhage and his influences. Find out for yourself. Do you honestly expect to immediately understand every art practice that took years to a lifetime of painstaking work to develop? The artist puts in effort, why shouldn't the audience? You wouldn't hear a language you don't know and call it gibberish. Then again, you might... If we're open-minded enough, we can at the very least enjoy finding the more obvious cadences and gestures.

[@gabrielneet]

Savage

[@smithrs]

There are a lot of people who listen to Coltrane and think it's no better than listening to someone strangle a cat. You are allowed to have your subjective response to this. That's how art functions as art. But I can't answer any 'why' questions for you.

[@GafferSamz]

Its just "arty"but yet nobody cares to say why this is actually good.

[@TypStaffan]

Because it looks cool and nobody had done it before?