So thrilled to bring Beyond The Vivid Unknown to the Cannes Film Festival this year!
This new iteration expands on my collaboration with the legendary Godfrey Reggio, exploring his cinematic legacy through generative machine learning and real-time computer vision.
Huge thanks to the incredible Cannes Immersive team for recognizing this work, and to the remarkable collaborators who made it possible.
Co-Produced by Onassis ONX, Agog, Foundry, Tent Seven, Godfrey Reggio Foundation, Pressman Film, and Asteria Film Co.
Directed by John Fitzgerald and Godfrey Reggio
Technical Director: Dan Moore
Composer: Benjamin Shirken
Creative Producer, ML and Music Advisor - Matthew Tierney
Computer Vision Developer, Producer: Elie Zananiri
Music: Philip Glass
Producers: Graham Milliken, Sanford Livingston, Jazia Hammoudi, Matt Russotti, & Sam Pressman
Associate Producers: Bryn Mooser, Paul Trillo, & Justin Lacob, & Natasha Lyonne
AI Music Research Scientists: Zachary Novack, Julian McAuley, Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick
Special thanks to the team at Barco for the incredible projectors, Sound Off for the incredible headphones, UnionDocs, Brooklyn Academy of Music, IDFA DocLab, and most importantly Emilia Vincent. Credit to Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc. and Institute for Regional Education. Koyaanisqatsi film by Godfrey Reggio / music by Philip Glass, used by Permission.
We can’t wait to share it on the world stage.
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#ImmersiveArt #Koyaanisqatsi #BeyondTheVividUnknown #GodfreyReggio
THE VIVID UNKNOWN is an AI-driven immersive installation that reimagines Godfrey Reggio’s 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi through cutting edge technology, interactive design, and machine learning. Built using a custom generative AI model trained on Reggio’s archives, the project is a meditation on humanity’s rise and the relentless encroachment of technology upon the natural world.
Visitors’ movements are tracked in real-time via computer vision, reshaping the evolving narrative playing out across the installation’s monumental triptych. What begins in harmony crescendos into dystopia, compelling participants to confront the unsettling question: What happens when we can no longer distinguish ourselves from the systems we create?
THE VIVID UNKNOWN (2024)
By John Fitzgerald and Godfrey Reggio
• Dan Moore - Technical Director
• Benjamin Shirken - Composer
• Matt Tierney - Producer, ML Advisor
• Elie Zananiri - Computer Vision Developer
• Graham Milliken, Jazia Hammoudi, Matt Russotti - Producers
• Stan Wiechers - Casinoqatsi Developer
• Zachary Novack, Julian McAuley, and Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick - AI Music Research Scientists
Co-Produced by Onassis ONX, Agog, & Foundry
Special Thanks
• UnionDocs
• Brooklyn Academy of Music
• IDFA DocLab
• Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc. and Institute for Regional Education.
Koyaanisqatsi film by Godfrey Reggio / music by Philip Glass, used by Permission.
The Vivid Unknown opens today at @bam_brooklyn ! An immersive installation that uses AI and computer vision to reimagine Godfrey Reggio's iconic 1982 film, Koyaanisqatsi.
By John Fitzgerald and Godfrey Reggio
Software by Dan Moore
Music by Ben Shirken
Tracking by yours truly 💫
More info and tickets /new-media/2024/techne-the-vivid-unknown
Thrilled to announce THE VIVID UNKNOWN opens tomorrow at BAM! ⚡️💥✨
An immersive installation that uses AI and computer vision to reimagine Godfrey Reggio’s iconic 1982 film, Koyaanisqatsi.
📅 January 4, 5, & 7 only
📍 BAM
/new-media/2024/techne
