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.

Daniel Shiffman (@shiffman) teaches programming to artists at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. He is the author of the Nature of Code, a self published, open source book about simulating natural phenomena in software. His work applies mathematical principles underlying physics to create digital worlds, which he develops through tutorials, examples, and libraries for Processing, an open source programming language and environment. [2014 Biography]

00:05 1. Maybe I'd like that
00:25 2. Magnets
00:51 3. sketching with code
01:11 4. Not a visual thinker
02:25 5. what computers can do
03:08 6. There's an element of surprise
03:13 7. i spend more time teaching
03:46 8. a mystical quality
04:06 9. NOC 3
04:51 10. nature of code book
06:16 11. Games
06:46 12. programming the universe
07:07 13. how far could we get?
07:36 14. million monkeys
08:06 15. reality will only get you so far
08:19 16. Constraints
09:08 17. make it random
09:31 18. randomness can be not very thoughtful
09:48 19. mutation
10:08 20. genetics short 1
10:43 21. genetics short 2
10:59 22. Carl Sims
11:54 23. evolution
12:13 24. advanced environment
12:43 25. sharing
13:11 26. Open Source Contract
13:23 27. problem solving
13:36 28. Desire for order
14:35 29. what do you archive?
14:57 30. mysterious box
15:31 31. offers me a way to think
16:13 32. inexactitude
16:24 33. NOC 1
16:34 34. NOC 2
17:00 35. gambling 1
17:21 36. gambling 2
17:45 37. genetic algos 1
18:17 38. genetic algos 2

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