Jesse Louis-Rosenberg: 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.

Jesse Louis-Rosenberg (@nervous_jesse) is founder and Chief Science Officer of Nervous System, a generative design studio that develops computer programs to create unique and affordable art, jewelry, and housewares drawing inspiration from natural phenomena. [2014 Biography]

00:05 1. Marker 2
00:14 2. organic process
00:21 3. breaking the system
00:38 4. understanding to control 1
00:53 5. understanding to control 2
00:59 6. understanding to control 3
01:25 7. understanding to control 4
01:47 8. our explorations are random
02:26 9. Time in the universe
02:58 10. doing something new with a system
03:30 11. theoretical
03:51 12. we like things tidy
05:00 13. limiting open source
05:58 14. Open source education
06:31 15. Getting Ripped off
07:22 16. making things
08:00 17. reaction lamp
08:18 18. simulation
08:30 19. error
09:13 20. Biology is messy

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