CLOUDS Aaron Koblin

Aaron Koblin: Interview Excerpts from CLOUDS (2014) 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