Greg Borenstein: Interview Excerpts from CLOUDS (2014)
Channel: The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Date: 2023-04-06

This video presents excerpts of raw interview footage from CLOUDS (2014). Directed by Jae Minard and James George, CLOUDS is an interactive, generative, computational documentary that allows the viewer to explore different perspectives on the intersection of code and culture. Filmed using the RGBD 3D cinema format and created entirely with open-source software, CLOUDS uses a data-driven story engine to present an endless, ever-changing conversation about the role of computational thinking in contemporary arts and design. More information is at cloudsdocumentary.com.

Greg Borenstein (@atduskgreg) creates illusions for humans and machines. As a researcher in the Playful Systems Group at the MIT Media Lab, he explores computer vision, machine learning, game design, and visual effects.He is the author of the O'Reilly Book, Making Things See: 3D vision with Kinect. Greg is a doctoral student in the Playful Systems Group at the MIT Media Lab, led by Kevin Slavin. [2014 Biography]

00:05 1. camera getting cheaper
00:22 2. ubiquitous computing
00:32 3. camera scaling up
01:12 4. Doug Engelbart part 1
01:25 5. human augmentation
01:47 6. AI 1
02:24 7. AI 2
02:52 8. object oriented ontology 1
03:17 9. object oriented ontology 3
03:35 10. Object Oriented Ontology 2
03:49 11. Trickle down
04:44 12. engage with research
05:12 13. Sharpening spears
05:26 14. Creative Coder
05:57 15. Gaze tracking
06:32 16. community
07:17 17. visual effects
07:50 18. cameras scaling up
08:30 19. makematics 1

Directors: Jae Minard and James George
Executive Producer: Golan Levin (CMU)
Producer: Winslow Porter
Design Director: Bradley G Munkowitz