BÊKABLOG

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

FILM: Japanese Smoke on the Water

Labels: Tubes

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Friday, June 6, 2008

FILM: Bobcat

Title: Bobcat
Genre: Tube
Timing: 0'.41"

Labels: Tubes

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

FILM: One Head

Title: One Head
Genre: Tube
Timing: 0'.16"

Labels: Tubes

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Bass Solo

Title: Bass Solo
Genre: Tube
Timing: 0'.27"

Labels: Tubes

Sunday, May 18, 2008

MUTO by BLU

A beautiful wall painted animation by BLU, from Bologna.

Labels: Tubes

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Tribute: Radu e Violeta Zaplitnii

Radu & Violeta Zaplitnii,
two wonderful BekaFilms' moldavian friends & musicians
living in Venice, Italy.

Labels: Tubes

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Albert Hofmann has passed away

Albert Hofmann, the pioneering Swiss chemist and advocate of psychedelics who discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD, died Tuesday. He was 102.

Hofmann reportedly died of a heart attack at his home in Basel, Switzerland.

Hofmann's most famous discovery happened on April 16, 1943. He was researching the synthesis of a lysergic acid compound, LSD-25, when he inadvertently absorbed a bit through his fingertips. Intrigued by the effect it had on his perception, Hofmann decided further exploration was warranted. Three days later, on April 19, he ingested 250 milligrams of LSD, embarking on the first full-fledged acid trip. That day became known among LSD fans as "bicycle day" because Hofmann began experiencing the drug's intense effects on his bicycle trip home from the lab.

In his autobiography, LSD, My Problem Child, Hofmann remembered his discovery this way:

"In a dreamlike state, with eyes closed (I found the daylight to be unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors. After some two hours this condition faded away."

The experience led Hofmann to begin experimenting with other hallucinogens and he became an advocate of their use, in both the arenas of psychoanalysis and personal growth. He was critical of LSD's casual use by the counterculture during the '60s, accusing rank amateurs of hijacking the drug he still refers to as "medicine for the soul" without understanding either its positive or negative effects.

In a celebration of Hofmann's 100th birthday in 2006, Hofmann told the crowd of well-wishers -- which included 2,000 researchers, scientists, artists and historians -- that "LSD wanted to tell me something. It gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation."

Hofmann was also the first scientist to synthesize psilocybin, the active ingredient in psilocybin mushrooms, in 1958.