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Altered States of Consciousness in Native American Healing, Shamanism | Pandorastar

Shamanic & Native American healers have utilized methods to produce altered states of consciousness in themselves and their patients for thousands of years. These methods include sonic driving, photic driving, and other means of changing consciousness. Recent research on non-drug methods … Continue reading

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Manchester Day Parade – Amateur video

A snippet of MSS’s performance at Manchester Day 2019 (sadly postponed this year due to the lockdown). This is a Congada devised for the occasion, using costumes and the flower and hummingbird float combination we have.  We will return to … Continue reading

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Behind the Doodle: Celebrating Mbira

Today’s interactive Doodle celebrates Zimbabwe’s national instrument, the mbira, as Zimbabwe’s Culture Week begins. Try your own hand at this instrument that has been played for over 1,000 years, while experiencing a story of a Zimbabwean girl who learns to … Continue reading

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The Art of Making Fake Faces

Take these stories at (fake) face value. In this reel, we learn how artists restore the faces of the deceased, craft mind-blowingly realistic masks of faces belonging to the likes of Walter White and Mike Tyson, breathe life into the … Continue reading

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Wander with Joseph Marcell | Shakespeare’s Globe

Take a walk through our beautiful theatres in this specially commissioned film for Mental Health Awareness Week. Joseph Marcell performs Brutus’ speech from Act II, scene 1 of Julius Caesar as part of Ribena and the Mental Health Foundation’s new … Continue reading

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This ‘Caviar’ Comes From Ant Eggs

Escamoles are the caviar of the Mexican desert. Unlike traditional caviar, which come from fish eggs, escamoles are ant eggs. Farmer José Islas Barrera invites us along as he digs up escamoles in Tlaxcala, Mexico. It’s tough work. Ants build … Continue reading

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George the Poet – Coronavirus: The Power of Collaboration

 

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TRENDS

The project started as an exploration of different techniques and visual languages inspired by the current projects in the Motion Graphics industry. Hence the name TRENDS. Slowly but surely, it outgrew the initial premise and started to take on a … Continue reading

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#FlattenTheCurve – 1/3

After the outbreak of COVID-19 and the beginnings of global lockdown, we sent out a call to animators from around the world to send us a short animation depicting something positive they have experienced, seen, or thought in the midst … Continue reading

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IF YOU’RE READY

Coincidences! Love! An anonymous package! A dreamy journey through Los Angeles! written and directed by Jimmy Marble director of photography: Julian Kapadia edited by Casey Swoyer Production Design by Brandon Clark and Honor Hamilton Wardrobe by Jordy Sheinberg Hair/Makeup by … Continue reading

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