Will Wright and Brian Eno - Generative Systems

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2006/06/26/Will_Wright_and_Brian_Eno 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
Uploaded: December 4, 2006 at 9:32 am
Author: ForaTv

Length: 0:10:39
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Video Comments:
aardschokker2 (Friday 12th of September 2008 12:25:40 PM)
What is that drawing program called? Or what is the name Will is mentioning?
ockfener (Sunday 20th of July 2008 10:22:28 PM)
Will a bit lacking in the listening skills area? Just seems that way a bit.
Moothyknight4534 (Thursday 10th of July 2008 01:32:44 PM)
this is Mirek's Cellebration app for game of life
Ironwolf200 (Sunday 22nd of June 2008 09:03:55 PM)
Wow, what is that program he's using? Looks like fun.
widewombat (Wednesday 9th of April 2008 05:10:32 AM)
It's just the Game of Life.. Isn't that really old? Like long before computers old.
R055HP (Monday 19th of May 2008 08:55:15 AM)
But, which Game of Life program was he using? It seems avery good version.
AppA (Thursday 13th of March 2008 11:40:28 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.
Provocarate (Tuesday 8th of April 2008 12:58:43 PM)
I don't follow...?
AppA (Tuesday 8th of April 2008 04:05:39 PM)
Sync = weeeeeee! (for me). Video [-sync] Audio = Audio [+sync] Video (for most of us).
nerdofthenation (Sunday 17th of February 2008 06:18:26 PM)
Great! this is why I go on youtube.