Haeckel's Dream

Named for Ernst Hackel, 19th century philosopher/biologist/illustrator, Haeckel's Dream is an existential 1950's-esque psychedelic nature documentary. It is a meditative account of a brief period in the lives of a school of elegantly beautiful, ornate jellyfish off the rocky coast of Maine. These mysterious, rare, planktonic creatures live and die completely at the mercy of the wind and tide. This 8 min 16 sec film was shot on location in Acadia National Park, Maine, on black and white super 8mm film and transferred to DVD. The soundtrack is a composition of samples collaged together to evoke the strange and tragic fate of the bizarre, hypnotic jellyfish.

With soundtrack 'Doughnuts of Sound' by Alyce Santoro.
More at www.alycesantoro.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• jellyfish
• nature
• maine
• documentary
• haeckel
• seaweed
• film
• sound art
• 8mm
• super 8
• alyce santoro
• black and white

[Merlmurphy]

bravo Alyce. mesmerizing and elegant.

[theartpredator]

love this and love your blog (where i tried to post a comment but could not)

beautiful thoughtful evocative moving work

thank you for making and posting this

[narutofan379]

Reminds me of myself arguing with my wife.

[neoplasticism]

Bravo!

[chileBeast]

Astounding!!! This vid with accompanying music is awesome. One can easily become entranced, and lost within oneself. Truly a journey of the soul.

[dswex]

I am in awe. Thank you for making this. there is synchronicity between our work, and it is wonderful seeing such sensitive attention paid to such beautiful and mysterious processes. please... keep making films.... this film is a rare treat on youtube. have you shown it at any venues?