Delve into a Psychedelic Self-Portrait of Animator Jake Fried

Known for his trippy, seemingly infinite transformations, Jake Fried emphasizes the uncanniness of seeing. His newest work, “Strange Light,” is a mesmerizing one-minute animation conceived as a loop, drawn with ink and Wite-Out, then digitally enhanced with otherworldly, glowing hues.

An electric green pervades the scenes, dominated by eyes and motifs related to the act of viewing, augmented occasionally with pinks and other pastels. One gets a sense that we’re witnessing a strange trip or a time warp of some kind—or a person who has stayed up way too late—as psychedelic patterns and rhythms present a surreal self-portrait of the artist.

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A still from a one-minute animation by Jake Fried of a man sitting at a table near his phone, with a window and the moon in the background

A still from a one-minute animation by Jake Fried of two eyes against a green-and-black background

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