Luziden Promo

By John Tyson 703.855.6952 [email protected]

Luziden

is a forthcoming interactive triptych video installation created by John Tyson. The viewer will be able to press keys on an 88-key MIDI keyboard, triggering various clips of sound and video which are composited in real-time on a 16:3 super-widescreen display (3840x720) consisting of a projector and two LCD displays. If traditional cinema is, as Jacques Lacan claims, a Freudian dreamstate, Luziden attempts to be the cinematic equivalent of a lucid dream - one in which the viewer asserts some degree of control over what transpires. To create the materials for the piece, numerous individuals were asked to submit dreams they had experienced. Submissions were made via first-person interviews, anonymous emails, and via the official Facebook group. These dreams were analysed in order to find common themes running throughout. The themes discovered in this way were used to generate original examples of dream elements, which can be combined dynamically. This process is designed to attempt to tap into a Jungian collective unconscious, and make the dream experience more authentic for viewers. The materials include HD video (shot in 1080p), audio, and HDR (high dynamic-range) photo backgrounds. The installation is being programmed in Quartz Composer and Ableton Live. The triptych widescreen display is being handled by a Matrox TripleHead2Go breakout box.

Viewer Acer P243W LCD Display (x2) Optoma EP1691 DLP Projector M-AUDIO ProKeys Sono 88 MIDI Keyboard Technical requirements: Electricity, white wall or projection screen, approx. 12 sq. feet The installation is very portable, and can be set up quickly and easily.

Here are some examples of the types of images that can be generated in Luziden:

This project is protected under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.