What is James Dazell’s Ecstaticism?
Ecstaticism is an art movement created by James Dazell. Over the past 15 years I’ve been developeing the theory and practice towards an art movement I’ve called Ecstaticism. Very much as an opposition to Existentialism. I’ve made a video about it.
I understand that some of the things I’ll discuss are sensitive, provocative, and may even be offensive to some viewers. I decided to embed it directly to the development of my own work. So the video is part an exploration of Ecstaticism, part retrospective of my work, and part poem of a mythical narrative structure.
I’ve added time stamps so you can skip to parts that interest you or return to where you left it you choose to watch it in parts.
And, if you like it and have something nice to say, please comment. 🍷🍇
Timestamps:
🎬 Intro 00:00:00
📜 Prologue 00:02:20
🏟️ EXISTENTIAL KATABASIS ⬇️ 00:03:08
📜 Layer 1 poem 00:03:31
🌲 The Birch Trees 00:04:00
📜 Layer 2 & 3 poem 00:05:15
🎭 Ecstasy & Death 00:05:48
📜 Layer 4 00:06:34
🦓 Zebra Skin 00:06:55
📜 Layer 5 00:07:45
📘Vanilla 00:07:56
📜 Layer 6 00:09:34
📰 POEM zine 00:09:51
📜 Layer 7 00:11:06
Rewilder 00:11:28
📜 Layer 8 00:17:13
🐂 The Sacred Bull 00:17:38
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📜 Layer 9 part 1 00:21:56
🌊 Ecstaticism vs Existentialism 00:22:22
📜 Layer 9 part 2 00:48:41
📜 Layer 8 00:49:15
🏛️ ECSTATIC ANABASIS ⬆️00:50:03
🗺️ Versenyi 00:50:15
📜 Layer 7 00:51:22
🏺 Greek Studies 00:51:42
📜 Layer 6 00:52:16
🎓 Scholars 00:52:35
📜 Layer 5 part 1 00:52:59
📘 Orpheus Returns 00:53:34
📜 Layer 5 part 2 00:57:46
📜 Layer 4 00:57:55
📘 Lemnian Women 00:58:23
📜 Layer 3 00:59:07
🟨 Aquilito 00:59:38
📜 Layer 2 01:02:37
🇪🇸 Spain 01:03:01
📜 Layer 1 01:06:09
🌽 Nuun 01:06:34
Epilogue 01:07:01
🚪 Outro 01:07:33
I’ve spent time analysing it’s difference to other theoretical and aesthetic movements but that’s not an interesting video. And neither is the video an exhaustive exploration. After all, I’ve written several books about this over 15 years, which are much more thorough. There are many cultures I wanted to highlight but were out of context to the stage of my development. I’ve occasionally referred to Ecstaticism in previous videos and will make reference to it in future ones. The videos uploaded so far are all somewhat an exploration.
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