Luminous Dimensions is a unique animation video combining the numinous animation of Michael DuBois, with the vibrant soundscapes of Jeff Pearce. The disc contains the hour long feature: Luminous Voyage, five other works of visionary animation, a scene selection menu, and credits. Luminous Dimensions will appeal to anyone interested in Ambient Music, Animation, Meditation, Inner Exploration, and Contemplative Art.
Featuring:
• Luminous Voyage - an hour long journey into visionary vistas of water, sky and inner space. Jeff Pearce's re-mastered long form: "These Waters Wide", originally recorded live on the Stars End radio broadcast, inspire the luminous imagery in this vibrant journey into archetypal form and color. Carefully and lovingly crafted, each luscious scene closely follows the ebbs and swells of Jeff's inspirational music.
• Four "Luminations" - each a unique animation exploring different aspects of the luminosity of imagination.
• A Compilation compositing some of the best scenes from the entire DVD.
The Luminous Dimensions project is a personal vision of inner luminosity.
Combining the evocative power of music with the ever-shifting play of form and color, the animations on this DVD attempt to faithfully represent the majesty and mystery of worlds within. By means of simple and often archetypal imagery and movement - such as water, sky, clouds, crystalline forms, landscapes and abstract architectural forms, subtle visionary worlds reveal their splendor.
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Luminous Voyage begins with a daytime journey over the ocean waves. The waters convey a dreamlike quality - ebbing and flowing with each passage of the soundtrack. The sky is dynamic and unearthly, yet fully organic with a depth of color and movement. Throughout the entire program, animation is intentionally unbroken. Slow flowing movements characterize the seamless passages... in a word: fluid. The virtual camera never cuts, - each scene flows imperceptibly into the next in one long take. The second movement entitled Nightfall, extends our vision of water and sky into the power of the night. The light has changed, and the water has taken on a more dynamic crystalline quality. The third movement is titled Refractions, and is a hypnotic trance of surface light and movement. Again closely following each musical nuance, the startlingly real yet unearthly water reveals its luminous secrets. The fourth movement Descent, takes us below the waves. The world below is one of darkness and unfamiliarity. Movement and darker tones follow the ominous musical passages, slowly but surely bringing us back to beauty as underwater luminosity reveals the next section, entitled Depths; - continuing our underwater journey into a lighter and deeper vein. The underwater sections are largely abstract, with few correlates to the familiar world, excepting the movement and light of deep water. Imagery is surreal yet the movement and perceptual depth are realistic. Ascent is the title of the last movement, wherein we turn upwards towards the surface. The light we find ourselves irresistibly drawn towards becomes the imaginal light of visionary space - moving us through a numinous tunnel of transcendental passage, then emerging into an archetypal scene above the clouds. The ascent continues ever-onward through energetic passages, finally shifting into true visionary realms. Luminous Voyage runs approximately 58 minutes. |
Selected Luminations:
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Light StormThis freeform swirling maelstrom of light and color set to Jeff Pearce's "Cliffs of Departure" produce a welcome interlude. Luminous tendrils are blown hither and thither by the winds of emotion. Light Storm runs 4:07 minutes. |
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Sacred Spaces
Jeff's highly acclaimed "To the Shores of Heaven" inspire and accompany "Sacred Spaces". Abstract forms evoke crystalline vaults, temple arches, radiant passages ranging into infinity - sacred forms that defy description. This heavenly journey through luminous spaces transports the viewer through ever-evolving forms of imagination. The movements in Sacred Spaces emulate the motion of consciousness itself, steadily arising as form upon form, in an endlesssly shifting pageant of radiant exposition. Sacred Spaces runs 7:17 minutes. |
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Crystal Radiance
As the title suggests, this is a study in crystal luminescence. Set to "The Emergence", this piece takes us deep into the brilliance of imaginal crystaline dimensions. Crystal Radiance runs 6:19 minutes |
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Angelic Realms
An angel's flight into the subtlest realms of beauty. Jeff's "Angels of the Ocean Calm" is the perfect accompaniment on this exquisite journey through numinous visionscapes of mind and heart... Angelic Realms runs 6:05 minutes. |
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DVD CompilationSpotlighting some of the finest imagery found throughout the entire DVD, the compilation forms an original work of art unto itself by means of skillful compositing and scene blending. The movement is slower, achieving a different ambiance than the original sources. Jeff's soundtrack bids us "Farewell Into the Quiet". The DVD Compilation runs 9:35 minutes. |
Luminous Dimensions DVD Specifications:
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