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Will Wright and Brian Eno - Generative Systems
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2006/06/26/Will... Game designer Will Wright and musician Brian Eno discuss the generative systems used in their respective creative works. This clip features original music by Brian Eno. ----- Will Wright and Brian Eno on "Playing with Time." In a dazzling duet Will Wright and Brian Eno give an intense clinic on the joys and techniques of "generative" creation. Back in the 1970s both speakers got hooked by cellular automata such as Conway's "Game of Life," where just a few simple rules could unleash profoundly unpredictable and infinitely varied dynamic patterns. Cellular automata were the secret ingredient of Wright's genre-busting computer game "SimCity" in 1989. Eno was additionally inspired by Steve Reich's "It's Gonna Rain," in which two identical 1.8 second tape loops beat against each other out of phase for a riveting 20 minutes. That idea led to Eno's "Music for Airports" (1978), and the genre he named "ambient music" was born. The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide counterpoint to today's "faster/cheaper" mind set and promote "slower/better" thinking. We hope to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years - The Long Now Foundation
Channel: Entertainment
Author: ForaTv
Length: 10:39
Rating: 4.91
Views: 31248
Tags: arts computers creating creator demo design ea electronic games maxis preview programming sim sims spore video
Video Comments
Anyammoleft (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)A few years ago, two parents went out for dinner. A few hours later, the babysitter was calling to ask if she could cover up the clown statue in the kids' room, the father said,"Take the kids and get out of the house. We'll call the police, we don't have a clown statue." The "clown statue" is really a killer that escaped from jail. If you don't post this letter on to 10 videos tonight, the clown will be in your bed at 3:00 am with a chainsaw in his hand;sorry i didnt want that happening to me
aardschokker2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What is that drawing program called? Or what is the name Will is mentioning?
ockfener (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Will a bit lacking in the listening skills area? Just seems that way a bit.
Moothyknight4534 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
this is Mirek's Cellebration app for game of life
Ironwolf200 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Wow, what is that program he's using? Looks like fun.
R055HP (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
But, which Game of Life program was he using? It seems avery good version.
widewombat (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It's just the Game of Life.. Isn't that really old? Like long before computers old.
AppA (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Sync = weeeeeee! (for me). Video [-sync] Audio = Audio [+sync] Video (for most of us).
Provocarate (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't follow...?
AppA (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I should propably kill Brian Eno for the last words he said. But... then again, he does point out that our brain sometimes tendss to illude usss.