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- | ==== Lucid Dreaming Implementation ==== | + | ===== Lucid Dreaming Implementation ===== |
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- | ===Cluj and Hainburg=== | + | |
+ | The Lucid Dreaming scenario was developed by FoAm and Time's Up in June 2014. [[lucid_dreaming_a_storyworld]] | ||
+ | These are some notes on implementations of the scenario for exhibitions. | ||
+ | ====Cluj and Hainburg - Time's Up sketching==== | ||
The lucid dreaming scenario is, as one would expect, a dreamy, fantasy-filled scenario filled with metaphorical beings, strange concepts and mechanistic wonderfulness. In some sense, a suitably ridiculous future. However, as we wanted to have a scenario that is easily understood and deals more with the everyday aspects, we have de-metaphored the scenario for this implementation. | The lucid dreaming scenario is, as one would expect, a dreamy, fantasy-filled scenario filled with metaphorical beings, strange concepts and mechanistic wonderfulness. In some sense, a suitably ridiculous future. However, as we wanted to have a scenario that is easily understood and deals more with the everyday aspects, we have de-metaphored the scenario for this implementation. | ||
- | ==STORY / Character – Framing== | + | ===STORY / Character – Framing=== |
environmental living conditions radically changed. The outside air is bad – not immediately toxic, but some people / inhabitants of the peninsula need special gear and treatment after exposure. | environmental living conditions radically changed. The outside air is bad – not immediately toxic, but some people / inhabitants of the peninsula need special gear and treatment after exposure. | ||
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Medical treatment is easy and common. | Medical treatment is easy and common. | ||
- | There are some social entities who try to re-establish former living conditions. (not only the dragonflies should be able to provide “liveable” conditions) | + | |
+ | There are some social entities who try to re-establish former living conditions. (not only the dragonflies should be able to provide “liveable” conditions). | ||
The space we find is a sleeping / resting space. A hotel room in Hainburg, perhaps a side room in some one else's space in Cluj. There should be: | The space we find is a sleeping / resting space. A hotel room in Hainburg, perhaps a side room in some one else's space in Cluj. There should be: | ||
* A bathroom with a closed door (must not be a functional bathroom, just a door that could be a bathroom). | * A bathroom with a closed door (must not be a functional bathroom, just a door that could be a bathroom). | ||
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- | ==ATMOSPHERE in general== | + | ===ATMOSPHERE in general=== |
- | Lightscape | + | ==Lightscapes== |
- | Room lights are deactivated, | + | |
- | Window as a light source (see descriptions / effects of it below) | + | |
- | Television has messed up signal, digital nastiness, showing some kind of exploration group or something else, but unintelligible, | + | |
- | Light sources within the Plant-Filter-System (described below) | + | |
- | Soundscapes: | + | |
- | SHOWER | + | |
- | The shower door is looked. Behind it we hear the shower running, someone cleaning themselves with a complex system. High pressure air, water sprays, maybe sparking voltages. | + | |
- | A computer voice commands the person what to do next, then we hear it. | + | |
- | WINDOW / representing the “outside-world” | + | |
- | Source of eery/ | + | |
- | Optional: | + | |
- | A voice log that is playing on headphones, as if the character had been following someone else’s discoveries. Then overlaid with their own. | + | |
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- | ==OBJECTS / ARTEFACTS in the room== | + | ==Soundscapes== |
- | WINDOW | + | * **shower** |
- | The windows are sealed over with milky plastic and gaffa tape, repaired in several places. A filter system is mounted in the window, cleaning | + | |
- | We could add some fake windows. | + | * **window** / representing |
- | Idea: how bright can a TV screen be? Then we could make the frame and have occasional passing birds, dragonflies, | + | * **optional** |
- | PLANT-FILTER – SYSTEM Two ideas about plants: | + | * A voice log that is playing on headphones, as if the character had been following someone else’s discoveries. Then overlaid |
- | a Jungle of green, leafy plants, part of the built in air cleaning and regeneration system. It could be like the Sprawl floor of a high rise from Neuromancer / Count Zero, lots of hydroponics; | + | * Through |
- | “image” ein bisschen wie ein “Klettergarten von Pflanzen – vergleichbar (und erweitert) | + | |
- | some cables, strings & ropes connect single plant pots which each other – bellows between, glass-cylinders, mit Flüssigkeiten gefüllt | + | |
- | Single, lone, plant in a box, specially protected, a rare creature. Something to be protected and looked after in this harsh world.A filter system, air bubbled through an algae based filtration system, through plants somehow. A large version, cleaning | + | |
- | MOBILE BREATHING APPARATUS | + | ===OBJECTS / ARTEFACTS=== |
+ | ==WINDOW== | ||
+ | * The windows are sealed over with milky plastic and gaffa tape, repaired in several places. A filter system is mounted in the window, cleaning air that is drawn into the room. A deep red twilight glow comes through the window pane, diffused by the plastic. There is sound from outside: animals like dogs and crows, plus a wide range of mechanical sounds. It does not seem too inviting. Constant dripping, or sounds of distant machines moving , general “movement” - like slow trains passing, something moving along railway-tracks in general, dull distant hammering, | ||
+ | * We could add some fake windows. A frame, with plastic taped over it, protruding around a real window or held against the wall directly. Use the “covered” window as the light source - twilight, if “easy” to implement, shadows, or light pulsing. Possible shadow of the window frame. | ||
+ | * Idea: how bright can a TV screen be? Then we could make the frame and have occasional passing birds, dragonflies, | ||
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+ | ==PLANT-FILTER – SYSTEM== | ||
+ | two ideas about plants | ||
+ | * a Jungle of green, leafy plants, part of the built in air cleaning and regeneration system. It could be like the Sprawl floor of a high rise from Neuromancer / Count Zero, lots of hydroponics; | ||
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+ | * Single, lone, plant in a box, specially protected, a rare creature. Something to be protected and looked after in this harsh world.A filter system, air bubbled through an algae based filtration system, through plants somehow. A large version, cleaning the internal air, possibly with air input from outside. | ||
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+ | ==MOBILE BREATHING APPARATUS== | ||
On a table, a mobile breathing apparatus. Some display shows that it has been used 6 hours today and records some poisons and the quantities that may have been allowed through the filter. | On a table, a mobile breathing apparatus. Some display shows that it has been used 6 hours today and records some poisons and the quantities that may have been allowed through the filter. | ||
- | Tendency towards a „steampunk“ styled Jules Verne meets gaffa tape, Self repaired, but based on „commercial“ solutions. (mechanical orchestra) | + | Tendency towards a „steampunk“ styled Jules Verne meets gaffa tape, Self repaired, but based on „commercial“ solutions. (mechanical orchestra) Shoulder straps |
- | Shoulder straps | + | http:// |
- | TOOLS / ARTEFACTS | + | |
+ | ==TOOLS / ARTEFACTS== | ||
+ | more character-concentrated) | ||
There are old tools, accumulated from various places. These might be arranged on the backpack with the filter in it, or on a utility belt or collection of pockets. Some high tech pieces, but also an old hammer, a magnifying glass. Some artefacts from the outside should be in the room. Some piece of equipment, caked in red dust, cleaned. A logbook of recent finds, rough descriptions, | There are old tools, accumulated from various places. These might be arranged on the backpack with the filter in it, or on a utility belt or collection of pockets. Some high tech pieces, but also an old hammer, a magnifying glass. Some artefacts from the outside should be in the room. Some piece of equipment, caked in red dust, cleaned. A logbook of recent finds, rough descriptions, | ||
A Box of special things: seeds, book about photosynthesis, | A Box of special things: seeds, book about photosynthesis, | ||
- | MEDICAL GEAR: | + | ==MEDICAL GEAR== |
There is some medical gear in the room. It seems that this gear is standard and had been extensively used by our character(s), | There is some medical gear in the room. It seems that this gear is standard and had been extensively used by our character(s), | ||
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Attachment straps and Velcro-based surfaces, like a blood pressure mesurer. But with LEDs mounted something blinking to indicate that no sensors are active. | Attachment straps and Velcro-based surfaces, like a blood pressure mesurer. But with LEDs mounted something blinking to indicate that no sensors are active. | ||
Some kind of signage / warning that the system has been configured for precisely one person, so “sharing systems can lead to irreperable damage” or so. | Some kind of signage / warning that the system has been configured for precisely one person, so “sharing systems can lead to irreperable damage” or so. | ||
- | CLOTHING | + | |
+ | ==CLOTHING== | ||
mostly protective: perhaps overalls, a flight suit, or similar. Ripstop material. Patched and repaired. Some kind of aeronautical badge on it, to indicate that the character is a dragonfly pilot – A dragonfly badge, of course! There are waterproof patches, pockets, clips for tools. | mostly protective: perhaps overalls, a flight suit, or similar. Ripstop material. Patched and repaired. Some kind of aeronautical badge on it, to indicate that the character is a dragonfly pilot – A dragonfly badge, of course! There are waterproof patches, pockets, clips for tools. | ||
Perhaps a large head covering, perhaps just the attachment points for it. | Perhaps a large head covering, perhaps just the attachment points for it. | ||
- | DREAMNET 3000 | ||
- | Dreaming technology. Part of the medical equipment are head mounted sensorial transfer units that allow dreams to be shared. The characters here spend a lot of time unconscious, | ||
+ | ==DREAMNET 3000== | ||
+ | Dreaming technology. Part of the medical equipment are head mounted sensorial transfer units that allow dreams to be shared. The characters here spend a lot of time unconscious, | ||
- | IMPRINTED MATRESS | ||
- | Bed. Imprinted mattress - obviously a body, a stain on the sheet, an indentation in a 30mm foam layer showing their shape. Electrodes and other parts are laid out at the correct places on the body shape. | ||
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- | NEWSPAPER (optional – depending on time-availability) | ||
- | Newspaper Peninsula News. Maybe headlines are legible, the rest of the text is in messed up nonsense. | ||
- | Pamphlets and zines: smaller texts, invitations, | ||
- | Question: use of another or artificial language. Esperanto, Indonesian? Other writing symbols? Arabic, Tamil? African language and writing? Completely fabricated? Elfish (Tolkein) or Klingon, for instance. | ||
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- | ==ENTRANCE== | ||
- | / optional according to the design / layout of the space available | ||
- | is a type of airlock, also made with industrial plastic. There is a suction fan in there, the street clothes are hung up and dusted off there. | ||
+ | ==IMPRINTED MATTRESS== | ||
+ | * obviously a body, a stain on the sheet, an indentation in a 30mm foam layer showing their shape. Electrodes and other parts are laid out at the correct places on the body shape. | ||
- | ==Probably not== | + | ==NEWSPAPER== |
- | Text elements | + | optional – depending |
+ | * Newspaper Peninsula News. Maybe headlines are legible, | ||
+ | * Pamphlets and zines: smaller texts, invitations, announcements, theories about what has happened, who is responsible, | ||
+ | * Question: use of another or artificial language. Esperanto, Indonesian? Other writing symbols? Arabic, Tamil? African language and writing? Completely fabricated? Elfish (Tolkein) or Klingon, for instance. | ||
- | Elective surgery allows everything except the way to pass away. Any shape is possible. Gender | + | ==ENTRANCE== |
+ | * optional according | ||
+ | * is a type of airlock, also made with industrial plastic. There is a suction fan in there, the street clothes are hung up and dusted off there. |