morpheus

drinks on the patio

[morpheus @rosm____]

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[björk @bjork]

i wanted to tell you how we made the visuals for nerve-bloom
i did it with Natalia Kleszczewska and Natalie Liu .

Natalia Kleszczewska is a painter , she painted the creatures and the backgrounds .
Natalie Liu is a computer graphics director , she shaped the digital dimension of the work .
my role in it was a creative director , bringing in the singer-songwriter tradition , where emotionally precise things happen inside the structure of a song . i guided colour pallettes , textures and the environments the music happens in .
to make this possible , during the process , natalia often had to paint many shapes and sizes , different textures and layers of colours . natalie then developed the visuals, designing and overseeing CGI elements , and finding ways for the digital to sit organically alongside Natalia’s world . and include my dramaturgy and creative direction.
we spent 7 months talking and working together , dedicated to relish in the craft of blending hand-made visuals with digital experimentation , 3D design and commit it to physical display technology . a lot of time was spent on researching different tools and techniques to find what worked best at each stage in the song .
like i’ve done before , i wanted to merge old things with tech , giving it soul & a meaning .
to paint a painting is an analog craft but computer programming is craftmanship too !! and both can co-exist ,
.....encouraging each other to bloom even further towards a mutual world .

there is a tradition in pop music for the mucisian to choose a video director . in the art world , this is called “curation” , but where we came from , it was natural that the musician would have strong opinions on what your song needed , which mood , colours , textures & storyline . today this is called “creative director” and it is something we didn’t credit ourselves with in the 90s , but i am starting to understand this better now .

i don´t think of me as a visual artist . because my heart is music . everything i do comes from a sonic point of view .
this is something i have called “sonic symbolism” , sound made visual , a reverse synesthesia .

when you listen to a song for the first time , it is like swallowing a whale , you need to feel the whole musical sculpture in one go .
the structure of a song has always been extremely important to me : what shape it is .
this is part of the craft of being a singer-songwriter

........... we are tune sculpturors .......

since i am talking about the visuals for nerve bloom it is impossible to not mention the avatars in my music videos .
they have replaced the storyteller with anattempt to connect to the more universal element of music , through animation, avatars , puppetry both digital and analog .
for me they are marionettes in a puppet-theatre , hopefully in a similar realm as the jungian archetypes
( which we all can act out the characteristics of ...)

.... i feel nerve-bloom is a natural continuation ....

an animated avatar archetype

singing you a song

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Avatars, animation and archetypes: Nerve Bloom (remix) – on display at Listasafn Íslands / National Gallery of Iceland until September 20th 2026.

The production of this film was made possible with the generous support of #bottegaveneta.

[‏ً @ewedunega]

me when I have to restart a song because the conversation in my head got too loud and l missed half the song

[Carolina @carolinalrds_]

Os homens tentando nos convencer de que são oprimidos tanto quanto as mulheres:

[alberto stasi @ffelliniano]

sta roba ti cambia la vita seriamente

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Doja Cat tells Vogue her favourite part about her current relationship:

“I love when they leave. This is what therapy has done for me. It’s allowed me to be away and be at peace without being like, ‘I need tarot cards. I need an answer. Text me.’”

(https://t.co/J8MRy34Api)

[vince @isthiisdesire]

This was before ai btw

[conduct|r @conductr_]

This is how you experience life when you're a professional delusional optimist with strong faith that everything will work out exactly the way you always wanted.

[morpheus @rosm____]

@BorsariLorena @BiancaBerry88 lorena ma che cazzo vuoi

[The Golden Age @thegoldenaged]

"When you die, you can't see sunsets."

― Hayao Miyazaki

[Moremans @ColoradoWino]

art of happiness.

[AleMars @marsegl3]

se Mattarella non è mai intervenuto in merito e lo fa ora, dopo 11 anni, è perché si sta facendo un duro ed ignobile attacco alla nostra Repubblica ed alla nostra Costituzione.

Voteró NO fino alla morte, perché è la cosa giusta per preservare la libertà

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

9 years ago today, Lana Del Rey released “Love.”

[Pop Base @PopBase]

9 years ago today, Lana Del Rey released ‘Love.’

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

“DtMF” by Bad Bunny breaks the record for the biggest single day streams for a Spanish-language song in Spotify history (16.526 million).

[blue @bluewmist]

you need to be slowmaxxing. you need to be reading long, fat books. you need to be making 48-hour chocolate chip cookies. you need to spend hours watching wildlife, you need to spend 15+ min making your coffee. you need to breathe in and breathe out. you need to be slowwwwwwwwwww.

[morpheus @rosm____]

mamma mia

[Spicymind @Spicymind01]

This person decided to paint the bottom of their pool red instead of blue.

[Gaga Crave 🌷 @AMENARTPOP]

OH MY GOD 😭😭😭

[morpheus @rosm____]

IO E CHI VI PREGO T.T

[pop culture gal @allurequinn]

billie eilish and lady gaga doing a high five when gaga won the #grammy for best pop vocal album 😭