ambient bands:

Stars of the Lid, which I mentioned

A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Atomos

Brian Eno, Ambient 1-4

Steve Reich, Music for 18 Musicians

Burial

Darkside, Psychic

Dawn of Midi, Dysnomia

Def Center, Neon City

The Haxancloak, Excavation

Helios, Eingya

Biosphere, Substrata

A few artworks to look at:

James Ensor’s self-portraits

Paul Klee’s puppets

Anselm Kiefer for imagery and mixed media

Tom Thayer’s 2012 Whitney Biennial installation for ideas about how one might combine sculpture and video

Randy Also recommended I look at Anselm Kieffer. From what I’ve seen I like his worka lot. When I get a chance I hope to watch this documentary, which I’ll put here so I remember-