Nik Sheehan: FLicKeR (2008)

FLicKeR (2008), a trippy Canadian documentary directed by Nik Sheehan, delivers a good, eclectic soundtrack via Edmund Eagan, a mix of colorful visuals (archival included) and thoughtful interviews. Plenty of intense, interesting stuff to mull over. 

Watching FLicKeR or a Dream Machine directly, it's hard to escape the occasional bombardment of light -- you may need to close your eyes at times, or feel nauseous. Those who peer directly into the Dream Machine are said in the film to have about a one in four thousand chance of being thrown into a seizure -- especially if prone to epilepsy. Best to keep one's eyes closed in front of the spinning lights and colors. And: unless you want to go blind, don't stare into the Sun. Or so it is said. 

DJ Spooky / That Subliminal Kid

Included:

Kenneth Anger

William S. Burroughs (archival)

Cybernetic Tortoise (1950)

Dream Machine

John Dunbar

Sophie Duplaix

Marianne Faithfull

John G. Geiger (book: Chapel of Extreme Experience: A Short History of Stroboscopic Light and the Dream Machine) 

John Giorno

Brion Gysin (archival)

Brian Jones’ spirit energy

Jean-Jaques Lebel

Genesis P-Orridge & Psychic TV

Iggy Pop

Lee Renaldo

Floria Sigismondi (The Runaways) 

Ian Sommerville (archival)

DJ Spooky aka That Subliminal Kid

Stooges

And others! 

Today's Rune: Wholeness.