Robert Anton Wilson explains our favorite model of human consciousness

The audio files below are the relevant excerpts of the original, extensive, taped interview with Robert Anton Wilson. They are each sides of a tape and about 45 minutes long, and together are the third session of the famous “Sounds True” interview. On this tape Wilson talks about how he got into thinking about these topics in the first place and then famously describes Timothy Leary’s Eight Circuit Model of Human Consciousness. Leary is quoted … >> read more

Crystal King Ape

Crystal King animations at Supermarket 2013

Announcing a new exhibition of Happy Sleepy art! The Crystal King animations will be exhibited at Supermarket 2013, the Stockholm Independent Art Fair. We’ll be hosted by Ed Video, the awesome media artists centre from Guelph, Ontario, run by Scott McGovern. The other artists presented by Ed Video this year are Marc Bell, Alex McLeod, and Jesse Harris.

Magnetic Movie

Still from Magnetic Movie by Semiconductor

AnimateProjects.org has a wild animation of magnetic waves and fields with voiceover by scientists describing the different models used to understand and visualize magnetic energies. The animation uses animated photographs, sound-controlled CGIc and 3D compositing and was made by Semiconductor: Ruth Jarman & Joe Gerhardt at the Space Sciences Laboratory UC Berkeley.

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Perpetual Ocean animation

NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio has a beautiful animation of global ocean currents available in HD. The visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. The visualization does not include a narration or annotations; the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience. The 320 x 180 pixel version is embedded below, and the studio has much higher … >> read more