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THANKS that was fun.
posted by scottMontgomery at 3:50 PM on November 5, 2011
posted by scottMontgomery at 3:50 PM on November 5, 2011
Cyriak used to be my neighbour.
Super nice guy.
True story.
posted by Don't_deceive_with_belief at 3:53 PM on November 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
Super nice guy.
True story.
posted by Don't_deceive_with_belief at 3:53 PM on November 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
Needs nightmarefuel tag. O_O
Can't sleep, kittree will eat me...
posted by Decimask at 4:02 PM on November 5, 2011 [6 favorites]
Can't sleep, kittree will eat me...
posted by Decimask at 4:02 PM on November 5, 2011 [6 favorites]
Just in time for Caturday.
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:07 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:07 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Terrifying.
posted by mykescipark at 4:09 PM on November 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by mykescipark at 4:09 PM on November 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
love this guy!
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 4:10 PM on November 5, 2011
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 4:10 PM on November 5, 2011
BTW, Cyriac recently did a couple things that (shockingly!) did NOT go viral...
A fractal but relatively gentle music video
"Pointless Fun" for a Trident Gum promotion on Facebook (Cyriac, Facebook and chewing gum seems like a combination only he can imagine)
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:13 PM on November 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
A fractal but relatively gentle music video
"Pointless Fun" for a Trident Gum promotion on Facebook (Cyriac, Facebook and chewing gum seems like a combination only he can imagine)
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:13 PM on November 5, 2011 [5 favorites]
If somebody can make a GIF out of that cat-based AT-AT walker thing walking, save it as
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 4:46 PM on November 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
like_a_boss.gif and link it from this thread, I will regard said someone with awe and gratitude.posted by Inspector.Gadget at 4:46 PM on November 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
This explains why demand for hallucinogens has plummeted. Why waste money on LSD when you can just watch this for free and get the same effect?
posted by ZenMasterThis at 5:01 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by ZenMasterThis at 5:01 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Also, in light of what's happening in London (but preceding it by months), here is St. Paul's Cathedral On Holiday.
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:16 PM on November 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:16 PM on November 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
Keep them out of bright light, do not get them wet, and DO NOT feed them after midnight.
posted by XhaustedProphet at 5:24 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by XhaustedProphet at 5:24 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
I think...I think that I don't like cats anymore.
posted by infinitywaltz at 5:40 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by infinitywaltz at 5:40 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
OH GOD I'M COMING DOWN /zoidberg.
posted by The Whelk at 5:41 PM on November 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 5:41 PM on November 5, 2011 [2 favorites]
OH GOD I'M COMING /me
No. Really. This blew my fucking mind! I want to watch it forever.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 5:51 PM on November 5, 2011
No. Really. This blew my fucking mind! I want to watch it forever.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 5:51 PM on November 5, 2011
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 1:51 AM on November 6 [+] [!]
Eponysterical!
posted by Grangousier at 5:52 PM on November 5, 2011
Eponysterical!
posted by Grangousier at 5:52 PM on November 5, 2011
Larry Niven's cat snakes!
(...and bonus worm bunny.)
posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 6:35 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
(...and bonus worm bunny.)
posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 6:35 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Yeeeesssss. Although my cats frequently provide me with hairballs larger and more sentient than these.
posted by troublewithwolves at 6:55 PM on November 5, 2011
posted by troublewithwolves at 6:55 PM on November 5, 2011
It's his - his music, his visual style, his animation, instantly recognizable. I'll say it here. He's an artist, and a brilliant one, and it kind of saddens me he'll never cash in on it like some less talented artists, simply because he doesn't waste his time creating artifacts, but devotes it to crafting something at once more ephemeral and more tangible than pastels on paper or oils on canvas.
He's clearly a slave to his muse, he does what he does because it's what he does - he'll never set up a gallery, or sell limited edition prints or casts of his work. Yet he represents a time and place and mindset that's real and relevant. This is art, fine art. It will be studied and enjoyed in the centuries to come. The difference is, in the internet age, we can let him know just how much of a genius he is while he's still alive.
It's about damn time artifact hoarders stopped determining what represents us as art. Cyriak's stuff is a step in that direction. It's beyond outsider art... it's extradimensional art.
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:44 PM on November 5, 2011 [9 favorites]
He's clearly a slave to his muse, he does what he does because it's what he does - he'll never set up a gallery, or sell limited edition prints or casts of his work. Yet he represents a time and place and mindset that's real and relevant. This is art, fine art. It will be studied and enjoyed in the centuries to come. The difference is, in the internet age, we can let him know just how much of a genius he is while he's still alive.
It's about damn time artifact hoarders stopped determining what represents us as art. Cyriak's stuff is a step in that direction. It's beyond outsider art... it's extradimensional art.
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:44 PM on November 5, 2011 [9 favorites]
I love this guys work, but due to my own shortcomings, I suppose, I found this less entertaining than the same thing in cow form. I think I love my kittehs a bit too much
posted by Redhush at 7:48 PM on November 5, 2011
posted by Redhush at 7:48 PM on November 5, 2011
he'll never cash in on it
hey, dude`s doing stuff for ninja tune
posted by Tom-B at 8:49 PM on November 5, 2011
hey, dude`s doing stuff for ninja tune
posted by Tom-B at 8:49 PM on November 5, 2011
rick.
rick.
RICK
OH GOD IT'S KICKING IN RICK
posted by The otter lady at 9:09 PM on November 5, 2011 [13 favorites]
rick.
RICK
OH GOD IT'S KICKING IN RICK
posted by The otter lady at 9:09 PM on November 5, 2011 [13 favorites]
I love how he's created such a signature aesthetic out of seemingly un-connected themes and tropes, it's Iowa Acid Folk.
posted by The Whelk at 9:14 PM on November 5, 2011
posted by The Whelk at 9:14 PM on November 5, 2011
He does PSAs, too. Gross PSAs, but his heart is in the right place, although I can't make that promise for every one of his body parts.
posted by maudlin at 9:27 PM on November 5, 2011
posted by maudlin at 9:27 PM on November 5, 2011
It's like some mad scientist captured Louis Wain in '39 and stuck his undying brain in a tank full of LSD for 72 years.
posted by BrotherCaine at 9:45 PM on November 5, 2011
posted by BrotherCaine at 9:45 PM on November 5, 2011
Also, whatever you do, don't watch this. You may never sleep again.
Damn you. Of course I watched it, and you were right.
posted by Windigo at 10:26 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
Damn you. Of course I watched it, and you were right.
posted by Windigo at 10:26 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]
This was my first introduction to Cyriak and still one of my favorite things of his. It was passed around right before the Large Hadron Collider spun up for the first time and everyone was afraid it was going to tear a hole in the universe somehow.
posted by contraption at 10:51 PM on November 5, 2011
posted by contraption at 10:51 PM on November 5, 2011
It's like Cat Island on Acid!
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 12:51 AM on November 6, 2011
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 12:51 AM on November 6, 2011
It has the word 'Kitty' in the title. Why am I not laughing and smiling at the unbearable cuteness of it all?
posted by joboe at 1:49 AM on November 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by joboe at 1:49 AM on November 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
If somebody can make a GIF out of that cat-based AT-AT walker thing walking, save it as like_a_boss.gif and link it from this thread, I will regard said someone with awe and gratitude.
Challenge accepted.
posted by louche mustachio at 1:01 AM on November 6, 2011 [5 favorites]
Or maybe something more like this?
posted by louche mustachio at 2:15 AM on November 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by louche mustachio at 2:15 AM on November 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
louche mustachio, you are hereby awarded my eternal awe and gratitude as well as one internets.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:09 AM on November 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:09 AM on November 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Oh, man. Don't take the brown catnip.
posted by peagood at 9:12 AM on November 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by peagood at 9:12 AM on November 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
I just discovered Cyriak and spent the last few hours watching everything I could find.
Going to be a weird day...
posted by tempythethird at 9:21 AM on November 6, 2011
Going to be a weird day...
posted by tempythethird at 9:21 AM on November 6, 2011
Damn you. Of course I watched it, and you were right.
probably better off you didn't. I watched this and the one called "baaa" and then the home ec one right before bed and woke up repeatedly from disturbing dreams through the night. The worst one involved a bleeding contract killer who was after us with a knife so sharp and thin you didn't know you were stabbed until you moved and the wound opened and poured stuff out. So much blood. So tired.
posted by Hoopo at 10:04 AM on November 6, 2011
probably better off you didn't. I watched this and the one called "baaa" and then the home ec one right before bed and woke up repeatedly from disturbing dreams through the night. The worst one involved a bleeding contract killer who was after us with a knife so sharp and thin you didn't know you were stabbed until you moved and the wound opened and poured stuff out. So much blood. So tired.
posted by Hoopo at 10:04 AM on November 6, 2011
Huh. Seems to me that Cyriak is suffering from "difficult second album syndrome" - or the bonkers animation equivalent.
By the way, I was into Cyriak before it was fashionable.
posted by Decani at 10:40 AM on November 6, 2011
By the way, I was into Cyriak before it was fashionable.
posted by Decani at 10:40 AM on November 6, 2011
Wonderful. I can't wait for Cyriak to create a feature film.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 10:37 PM on November 6, 2011
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 10:37 PM on November 6, 2011
This is going to give me nightmares. So I'm just going to relax and think about Teddy Bears for a while to calm down.
posted by mmoncur at 3:02 AM on November 7, 2011
posted by mmoncur at 3:02 AM on November 7, 2011
Speaking of Cyriak getting recognition: he just won a UK Music Video Award!
posted by flatluigi at 1:50 PM on November 16, 2011
posted by flatluigi at 1:50 PM on November 16, 2011
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