Marcus Wendt: 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.

Marcus Wendt (@marcuswendt) applies the language of computational graphics to narrative experiences. His company Field IO, with partner Vera Glahn, designs interactive installations, audiovisual performances, and videos. Field recently produced a non-linear film, Energy Flow consisting of 10 animated story-lines exploring the theme of complexity. [2014 Biography]

00:05 1. skating to coding
01:06 2. community styles
01:45 3. Audiovisual glue
02:30 4. gurus
03:26 5. emergence
04:42 6. Sims
05:50 7. simulation to stories
06:23 8. energy flow
07:22 9. energy flow_riot
08:16 10. visual culture evoling
09:10 11. scaling up
09:29 12. audience
10:13 13. global conversation
10:21 14. modeling consciousness
10:42 15. Epic Games predictions
12:01 16. economics question
13:08 17. call to action
13:44 18. electronic music influence
14:34 19. new tricks
15:31 20. lego bricks
16:21 21. code for storytelling

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