Ochimusha is a defeated samurai that should be hiding after a defeat. Tako is the octopus – in this fantastic animation many references and symbolism from manga and anime are coming through. The acidic colors and fast path of looping makes the illusion of movement more acute. The business of this in combination with the many surreal characters add to the madness of the scene. The character of the Hanged Man from the Tarot cards appears to balance himself in the background. The Hanged Man is the card that suggests ultimate surrender, sacrifice, or being suspended in time. Bertone's eclectic and complex work combines a cartoon inspired visual language with traditional illustration and painting techniques. He calls his aesthetics: a mix between Psychedelic Folk, Pop Surrealism, Doodling and a bit of Neo-Expressionism.

OCHIMUSHA-DAKO 怪奇-怨念の落ち武者蛸 - The strange story of the defeated samurai and the spiteful octopus - Frame by frame animation - Infinite loop - 100% digital. BertOne's art has been shown globally in countless books, exhibitions and commercial projects.


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Everything's Different Now

夢 & DREAD

Beats #5 [REGULA]

Entering The Mandala

CENTERED//

From magic to retro futurist aesthetics, psychedelia is a recurrent topic in the NFT realm. For the end of 2022 curator’s choice, I wanted to focus on something that is not only colorful but also that is frequently explored in the art world by many artists, the idea of the psychedelic or more precisely reaching another state of mind induced (not by chemicals but) by imageries, sometimes sound; a state where all senses are acute , elevated into an uncanny cognition. References to this hallucinatory genre take inspiration from the 60s psychedelic posters and music movements to our web0.3 realm from deep dream to kaleidoscope filters, The Holy Mountain selection is a fun roller coaster ride to some surreal visual perceptions. The title is an homage to 1973 Alessandro Jadorosky’s movie, a dreamt landscape of the weird and occasionally the extra-ordinary, the wonderful and magic.
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The Holy Mountain

Acid state, hallucinogenic imagery and mirage.

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