Psychedelic Movements
Made by Jessie Li
Made by Jessie Li
Explore the internet's fascination with psychedelic animations and optical illusions
Created: September 29th, 2016
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Explore the internet's fascination with psychedelic animations and optical illusions
Your proposal is very clear and I can see what you are about to do. I really enjoy watching optical videos just because it captures my sight and it gives me fresh experiences that I would not get in my ordinary life. In this context, I think it is very interesting to make such video yourself and figure out what the reaction of public it. It might be even more interesting if you can actually figure out if optical illusions are just mesmerizing that people can't ignore it, or are there something different with the videos that went viral which happen to include psychedelic animations. I see your source will mostly be youtube or other video sources. If you include how viral your project got in your future documentation it would be very informative. I hope to see your art soon:)
Clarity:
I think your intent is clearly stated, that there will be a lot of optical illusions which are "mesmerizing."
Intent:
I think the intent is interesting, to create something that goes viral because you really can't stop looking at it. That is a good feature of something which is supposed to go viral, and the more people are impressed by it, the more they will share it.
Material & Spread:
I think it will spread well if the optical illusions are well chosen and actually mesmerizing to look at. The material won't be too hard to put together though I think, because there is not a lot of thought that has to go into order and how long each clip shows for, etc which would be a big challenge in other projects which are more directly involved with content.
Clarity:
You very clearly stated your intent for this project, and therefore I followed along your train of thoughts without trouble.
Intent:
I think what you want to do for your project is a lot more intellectual than most of the memes out there, and I appreciate the fact that you want to realize something challenging like this, since it often involves use of geometry and human eye deception tricks (which I know very little about).
Material&Spread:
Like I mentioned, this would be intellectual in some way, and I believe it'd spread very well, like the blue and black/gold and white dress picture that created optical illusions a year back. I think for it to become viral, you have to make something no one has seen before and somewhat coincidental. Therefore, I can't wait to see your final result. I think this is a very novel and challenging material to work with.
I think the project is clear, with regards to wanting to create an optical illusion and upload it, I am just curious as to how viral it will get, specifically with which optical illusion you plan on uploading. The creation of the work should not require too much work depending on the optical illusion you have in mind, but what might matter more here is the delivery. From what I can tell, quite a few viral videos with regards to optical illusions usually includes presentation which ranges from combinations of the illusion with music to simply a gif which can be easily shared, and depending on how you approach this project, the spreadability might change. I cannot wait to see what your final optical illusion will end up being, as well as how viral it gets depending on what format you decide on for the illusion.
I really liked the result of this project. I especially like the effect of the optical illusion on the last picture. It was as if the sky was dancing so it was just very pleasing to look at. I feel like if you would have stuck to something more like that (i.e. more purposefully attaching the optical illusion to photos) it would have enhanced the quality of the video. This was also very well documented. I appreciate the research you put into understanding what you were doing. I also like how you reflected on the differences between this project and your previous one. Overall, good job!
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