PUBLIC MARKS with tags visionary & art

In 2001 Psygarden started out as a Belgian psytrance community with a forum for Belgian trance lovers to exchange ideas, party information and anything psytrance related. Mid 2005, the two founders split it up into two projects. Dr. Gonzo launched www.psychedelic.be and Rik Helsen kept the original project, focusing 100 per cent on the art galleries. The main goal of Psygarden is to promote visual artists who make our partying experience a visual extravaganza, exploring new techniques and more advanced materials. Due to the lack of a central community giving these artists the recognition they deserve, Psygarden have come along and done just that. The art gallery offers a platform for artists to display their work alongside a short biography. Since the relaunch of the art gallery, Psygarden is growing exponentially and already features over 75 of the best visual artists related to psytrance today. The art gallery has been present at various events over the past few years. Psygarden is certainly making a difference in the psychedelic art scene and the artists involved deserve more attention. Names like Luke Brown, Naoto Hattori, Psymbolic Visual and Alex Grey were all at the 2006 exposition. Among the artists are backdrop painters, painting fluoro acrylic on cotton based or lycra fabrics, evolving into 3D structures, visionary artists, using oil on canvas, and digital artists, creators of visuals, flyers, posters and CD covers. Some of the most talented Photoshop wizards in the psytrance scene have joined up with Psygarden to have their work promoted.