Electric Sheep Introduction Electric Sheep is a distributed computing project for animating and evolving fractal flames, which are in turn distributed to the networked computers, which display them as a screensaver. – Wikipedia First created in 1999 by Scott Draves, the Electric Sheep is a form of artificial life, which is to say it is […]
Sergio Gervacio
Sergio Gervacio creates photographs that range from the ominous and unexpected to the whimsical. Strange masked men stand in the darkness, yet wearing a unicorn mask. A selfie taker’s arm clutching the phone is emerging from his open mouth. A figure sits in a tub of milky liquid blowing bubbles, wearing a mask. A strange mermaid doll also happens to be in that tub. What does it all […]
17 Mind-Blowing Surreal Artists you Need to Follow on Instagram
Is your Instagram knee-deep in narcissistic selfies? Acquaintances you don’t dare unfollow? (It would be impolitic.) Motivational quotes by your in-laws? (Yeah, he just discovered multi-level marketing & thinks he’s an entrepreneur.) We need to talk: you need to follow some artists. And before you think, “Ugh, I do, and it’s unbearable.” No, those are Artistes. […]
Christie Neptune Surreal Video Art: An Afro-Surrealist Sci-fi Future
Christie Neptune’s “She Fell from Normalcy” Stills Note On Surrealism, Past and Present Followers of contemporary surreal art, and perhaps this blog, may forget that surrealism (and it’s precursor, Dada) were politically inspired art movements. Dada’s “anti-philosophy” developed in reaction to World War I. Surrealism became notorious for many reasons. One of these was affiliating itself with the […]
Scales
Stills About Scales Scales is a project born from a dialogue between photographer Nicola Spadafranca and a sound designer Enrico Nicola Cascavilla. Cascavilla interpreted Spadafranca’ photographic project “Squame” making a short moving experimental video art using just the photographs. Cascavilla found a story through the photos that he told just with sound and a cinematic editing […]
Thom Easton Surreal Collage Art
Thom Easton creates art juxtaposing the everyday with epic sci-fi/space visuals. His imagery has a retro feel. He seems to source his images from 1970’s magazines that add a certain nostalgia to the work. Thom Easton
The Invisible Empire by Juha Arvid Helminen
The Invisible Empire series by Juha Arvid Helminen depicts figures of authority in all black, against dark or black landscapes with their faces obscured. The series revels in darkness, anonymity and brutality. I’ve had an irrational fear of the potential that “the crowd” become (in experiences as mundane as a sports game) since I was young. A few years ago […]
Khan Nova (Mathieu Saunier)
French artist Khan Nova created retro-futuristic digital collages inspired by surrealism, ethnicity, and the infinite. Prints | Facebook | Instagram
Jaroslaw Kukowski
Jaroslaw’s surrealistic work includes three main themes. Surrealistic, epic dreamscapes. Strange skin-monsters. Erotic fantasy art. (Not included in this post.) Much of his work is preoccupied with the concept of time; clocks are the subject of a fourth sculptural series. http://kukowski.pl/
Surreal and Fantastique Art by Talonabraxis
Art with “fantastique” and magick themes. This work is great. Dark, limited color palette, and haunting. http://talonabraxas.blogspot.com/ http://talonabraxas.deviantart.com/