Videotapes by Ralph Abraham

Macroscope #0

Introduction to the 4 inch Jenny macroscope, 1974. This was recorded on state-of-the-art (at the time) open reel, half-inch, monochrome videotape. About 30 minutes.

Catalog codes: V-Macro#0-NTSC, V-Macro#0-PAL, V-Macro#0-Secam, etc.

Macroscope #1

Musical selections, seen through the 6 inch Jenny macroscope. Color. About 30 minutes.

Catalog codes: V-Macro#1-NTSC, V-Macro#1-PAL, V-Macro#1-Secam, etc.

Macroscope #2

Musical selections, seen through the 6 inch Jenny macroscope, including Tibetan overtone chants. Color. About 2 hours.

Catalog codes: V-Macro#2-NTSC, V-Macro#2-PAL, V-Macro#2-Secam, etc.

Macroscope #3

Interview with Jill Purse, including her overtone chants, seen through the 6 inch Jenny macroscope. Color. About 60 minutes.

Catalog codes: V-Macro#3-NTSC, V-Macro#3-PAL, V-Macro#3-Secam, etc.

Cellular Dynamata #1, Rev. 2

Simple order emerging from space-time chaos in the toral logistic lattice. Recorded directly from the MPP (Massively Parallel Processor) supercomputer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, October, 1991. By Ralph Abraham with John Dorband and John Corliss. 10 minutes, color, sound. Accompanies article #52.

Catalog codes: V-CD#1-NTSC, V-CD#1-PAL, V-CD#1-Secam, etc.

Communicative Chess

Accompanies article #53.

The double logistic map

Computer graphic animation of the Dorband map, a classical two-dimensional chaotic system, by Ralph Abraham and Ron Record. Color, 2 minutes. Accompanies article #54. (plays best after download is complete).

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This video was inspired by an earlier work of John Dorband:

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Cathedral Concert

Direct recording from the audiovisual projections at the second concert by MIMI AND THE ILLUMINATI, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York City, 12 October, 1992. Ralph Abraham with Peter Broadwell and Ami Radunskaya. 30 minutes, color, sound.

Catalog codes: V-MIMI#2-NTSC, V-MIMI#2-PAL, V-MIMI#2-Secam, etc.

ITA Concert

Another concert recording of MIMI and the Illuminati, from the annual flocking of the International Transpersonal Association, Santa Clara, California, June, 1995.

Pomona Concert

Direct recording from the audiovisual projections at the fifth concert by MIMI AND THE ILLUMINATI, Pomona College, Claremont CA, 31 October, 1995. 45 minutes, color, sound.

Catalog codes: V-MIMI#5-NTSC, V-MIMI#5-PAL, V-MIMI#5-Secam, etc.

The Long Line of Chaos

Lecture on the history of chaos theory for the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences, Berkeley, CA, June, 1996. 30 minutes, color, sound.

Catalog codes: V-LongLine-NTSC, V-LongLine-PAL, V-LongLine-Secam, etc.

Cybermorphogenesis

This 45 minute lecture to a conference of the Council of Europe at Prague Castle, November 1996, was accompanied by a videowall showing of the video Cellular Dynamata #1, Rev. 2 (see above) and a new one, Cellular Dynamical Simulation of Sheldrake's M-field.

Catalog codes: V-Prague-NTSC, V-Prague-PAL, V-Prague-Secam, etc.

Videotapes with Ralph Abraham

Chaos, Gaia, Eros

Video art work, featuring Ralph Abraham, by RoseX.

Mavericks of the Mind

Video recording of a conference, 1993 at UC Santa Cruz, 110 minutes. Includes a very short presentation by Ralph.

Metamorphosis

Trialogues with Ralph Abraham, Terence McKenna, and Rupert Sheldrake. Video recording of a weekend workshop, September, 1989, at the Esalen Institute.

NET, by Svebor Krantz and Nina Wise, Tunafils Productions, Zagreb

An art/documentary featuring a Tibetan sand mandala, with brief appearances of the Dalai Lama and Ralph Abraham. 45 minutes.

Chaos, from Nova, WGBH, PBS, and BBC

This is a great program, which we are not allowed to distribute. Includes a brief exclamation by Ralph, and extensive footage from the infamous Santa Cruz Chaos Cabale.