Aaron Koblin: 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.

Aaron Koblin (@aaronkoblin) develops innovative uses of data visualization, crowdsourcing, and web-based storytelling. As creative director of the Data Arts Team at Google, he works with community generated data to reflect on cultural trends and the changing relationship between humans and the systems they create. [2014 Biography]

00:05 1. Google Data arts
00:15 2. exciting time
00:26 3. mini-brains
00:55 4. software is a brain
01:00 5. mini-brains 2
01:17 6. story medium
01:44 7. stories make our lives worth living
02:03 8. stories through our brains
02:17 9. global communication
02:27 10. global interactions
02:39 11. different ways of communicating
03:04 12. dreaming together
03:20 13. exchange of ideas drives progress
03:33 14. Mini-Artificial Intelligences
03:55 15. Tailored Stories
04:21 16. Crowdsourcing
04:35 17. sheep market
05:17 18. sheep market 2
05:44 19. networked creativity
05:55 20. data experience
06:22 21. data storytelling
06:41 22. webGL
07:03 23. lego creatures
07:24 24. sharing
07:34 25. exquisite forest
08:12 26. exquisite forest 3
08:41 27. infinity
08:57 28. exquisite forest 2
09:17 29. code, story, communication
09:54 30. experience design
10:50 31. the best games are great stories
11:15 32. individualization + emotion
11:28 33. progress
11:43 34. digital trace
12:23 35. collaboration
13:11 36. curiosity
13:32 37. recombination

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