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PSYCHADELIA
&
IKAT

is the subculture, originating in the 1960s, of people who often
Psychedelia
psychedelic drugs such as LSD, mescaline (found in peyote) and
use
(found in some mushrooms). The term is also used to describe a
psilocybin
of psychedelic artwork and psychedelic music. Psychedelic art and music
style
try to recreate or reflect the experience of altered consciousness.
typically
art uses highly distorted and surreal visuals, bright colors and full
Psychedelic
and animation (including cartoons) to evoke and convey to a
spectrums
or listener the artist's experience while using such drugs, or to enhance
viewer
experience of a user of these drugs. Psychedelic music uses distorted
the
guitar, Indian music elements such as the sitar, electronic effects,
electric
effects and reverberation, and elaborate studio effects, such as playing
sound
backwards or panning the music from one side to another.
tapes
PSYCHEDELIA

shapes seemed to relate to the unbinding of restrictions unloosed by the
Flowing
experience. The prevalence of tactile fabrics in hippie fashions
hallucinogenic
to the sense-enhancing properties of the acid trip. Most visible were its
spoke
in palette and imagery: equally provocative vibrating patterns and
innovations
Certain traditional motifs-the amoebalike crawl of Indian paisley, for
colors.
appropriated as psychedelic imagery. The accoutrements included
example-were
painting in Day-glo neon colors that recreated the incandescence of acid
face
But the principal topos of psychedelic fashion were portraits of light as it
chimeras.
fractured, made mobile by the lens of the acid trip. The awakened kineticism
was
light made flat surfaces seem to churn and roil. Colors bled, emulsified, and
of
PSYCHEDELIC FASHION
merged kaleidoscopically.

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culture in the United States is currently stereotyped with
Rave
of young adults wearing skin tight outfits and glow in the
images
accessories. The individuals in the subculture are seen from
dark
dominant culture as partygoers who are heavily drugged and
the
during the raves. That said, the rave culture originally came
high
the United States in the 1980s after becoming more known in
to
UK first. During the 1980s, “Ravers” differentiated themselves
the
other music based parties at the time by participating in a
from
RAVERS
new sense of community not previously made before.

psychedelic experience is a temporary altered state of consciousness
A
by the consumption of psychedelic drugs (the best known of
induced
are LSD and psilocybin 'magic' mushrooms). The psychedelic altered
which
of consciousness is commonly characterised as a higher (elevated or
state
state relative to ordinary (sober) experience; for example, the
transcendent)
Benny Shanon observed from ayahuasca trip reports: "the
psychologist
very common with ayahuasca, that what is seen and thought
assessment,
the course of intoxication defines the real, whereas the world that is
during
PSYCHOGRAPHICS
ordinarily perceived is actually an illusion."

DEMOGRAPHICS

title: Ravers – Subcultures and Sociology
Article
title: Haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu
Website
http://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultures-andscenes/ravers/
URL:
title: Psychedelic 60s
Article
title: Graphic Design History
Website
https://visualartsdepartment.wordpress.com/psychedelic-
URL:
60s/
Samantha Richards
Author
title: The Influence of Drugs throughout Music in the 1960s: The
Article
Era | World Music
Psychedelic
title: Blogs.longwood.edu
Website
https://blogs.longwood.edu/worldmusicsm/2013/04/29/the-influenceof-drugs-throughout-music-in-the-1960s-the-psychedelic-era/
URL:
HARVARD
REFERENCING

Teri S Krebs
Author
title: Over 30 million psychedelic users in the United States
Article
URL:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917651/figure/
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title: Psychedelic era
Article
title: En.wikipedia.org
Website
title: Edmsauce.com
Website
https://www.edmsauce.com/wp-
URL:
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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_era