30/10/2025
Un nuovo sogno visivo attraversa l’universo di Syd Barrett (Official).
“Rats”, tratto dal suo secondo album solista (1970), rivive oggi in un video animato firmato da The Artist on the border insieme all’artista Bailey Violette, che da anni ritrae come una figura mitica, sospesa tra luce e allucinazione.
Ventisei illustrazioni originali, frammenti di collage e arte psichedelica compongono un flusso ipnotico, dove il Piper torna a suonare la sua melodia ai ratti.
Un esperimento di intelligenza artistica, come lo definiscono gli autori, che fonde visione, memoria e devozione creativa.
Un omaggio surreale e poetico a , al suo caos lucido. 🌈
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A new visual dream drifts through Syd Barrett’s universe.
“Rats,” taken from his second solo album Barrett (1970), comes to life today in an animated video created by The Artist on the Border in collaboration with artist Bailey Violette, who has long portrayed Syd as a mythical figure, suspended between light and hallucination.
Twenty-six original illustrations, fragments of collage, and waves of psychedelic art merge into a hypnotic flow, where the Piper once again plays his tune to the rats.
An experiment in artistic intelligence, as the creators call it—a fusion of vision, memory, and creative devotion.
A surreal and poetic tribute to Syd Barrett, to his lucid chaos. 🌈
“Rats” appears on Syd Barrett’s second solo album, Barrett, released in November 1970. Written and performed by Barrett, the track captures the unfiltered, s...