By John Tyson

703.855.6952
Luziden@Gmail.com
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 Viewer
discovered in this way were used to generate original examples of Acer P243W LCD Display (x2)
dream elements, which can be combined dynamically. This pro- Optoma EP1691 DLP Projector
cess is designed to attempt to tap into a Jungian collective uncon-
M-AUDIO ProKeys Sono 88 MIDI Keyboard
scious, and make the dream experience more authentic for view-
ers.
Technical requirements:
The materials include HD video (shot in 1080p), audio, and HDR Electricity, white wall or projection screen,
(high dynamic-range) photo backgrounds. The installation is being approx. 12 sq. feet
programmed in Quartz Composer and Ableton Live. The triptych
widescreen display is being handled by a Matrox TripleHead2Go The installation is very portable, and can be set up
breakout box. 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-Non-

commercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.