Zach Lieberman: Interview Excerpts from CLOUDS (2014)
Channel: The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Date: 2023-04-05

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.

Zach Lieberman (@zachlieberman) explores new modes of expression and play. He develops openFrameworks, a C++ library for creative coding, and co-founded the School for Poetic Computation in Brooklyn, NY to bridge the gap between computer programming, engineering, design and art. [2014 Biography]

00:05 1. Open Frameworks 2
00:21 2. at a festival
01:09 3. open source challenge
01:53 4. Open CV
02:19 5. debugging
02:35 6. printshop
03:41 7. action script
04:31 8. work with Golan
05:13 9. working with golan 2
05:48 10. hate working alone
06:46 11. Drawn1
07:23 12. Time slows down
07:55 13. Fucking boring
09:05 14. on the street
09:30 15. minecraft livecode
09:50 16. hide the tech
10:24 17. father the storyteller
11:23 18. nerd art center
11:55 19. decompiling
13:03 20. less demo
13:44 21. Open Frameworks 1
14:36 22. Open Frameworks 3
15:20 23. emailing the communnity
16:05 24. Open Frameworks 4
17:21 25. action script shorter
17:59 26. venn diagrams of interest
18:17 27. drawn2
19:32 28. drawing with Taeyoon
20:20 29. programming 2
20:57 30. Live coding
21:23 31. Joshua Davis
21:55 32. processing, publishing
22:17 33. more poetry, less demo

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