Chloé Desaulles is a NYC-based, Alsatian raised creative director, researcher and new media artist. Her practice specializes in Storytelling Innovation, Research + Development & Interactive Design for emerging technologies.
Artistically, my practice focuses on using new tools to tell old stories about people, habits and environments. Pursuing documentary capture via tinkering, dissecting and reassembling, I am interested in constructing frameworks where computation elevates analog processes, exploring the digitization of heritage, natural environments and the concept of home. My work has been shown in festivals nationwide, such as the NYC Independent Film Festival, or the Academy-Award eligible Raw Science Film Festival.
Commercially, I have worked for clients in fashion, music, entertainment and tech, such as Mercury Records, Versace, Lucky Daye, 032c, Charlotte Rose Benjamin & Louis Vuitton, followed by The New York Times R&D where I researched the future of visual and immersive storytelling. I am now directing, consulting and designing for clients such as Apple Special Projects Group, RCA Records, Black Dog Films, The Brooklyn Museum, Bad Binch Tong Tong, Buck Design or Local Projects.
I hold an interdisciplinary degree in Neuroscience and New Media Art from Carnegie Mellon University and have been a guest lecturer at Columbia, NYU, Barnard, and Frog Design. Please ask me to give more talks in 2024!
︎FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS, TALKS & RESIDENCIES
NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program Guest Lecturer (2024)
Drew University Guest Lecturer (2024)
Columbia University at Barnard College Guest Lecturer (Movement Lab, 2023)
Frog Design Artist Talk (On the Essence of AI: Demystifying and Deconstructing the Practice of Artificial Intelligence in the Arts’ , 2023)
Mercedes-Benz FutureProof Talk (On the future of storytelling, 2023)
New York Independent Film Festival (Official Selection for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
Raw Science Film Festival (Finalist for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
Jellyfest Film Festival (Semi-finalist for ‘Dedications I-V’, 2021)
Dumbo Film Festival (Semi-finalist for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry (Residency, 2020)
Miller Institute for Contemporary Art (Group Exhibit, 2019)
Freiburg Kunsthalle (Group Exhibit, 2015)
NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program Guest Lecturer (2024)
Drew University Guest Lecturer (2024)
Columbia University at Barnard College Guest Lecturer (Movement Lab, 2023)
Frog Design Artist Talk (On the Essence of AI: Demystifying and Deconstructing the Practice of Artificial Intelligence in the Arts’ , 2023)
Mercedes-Benz FutureProof Talk (On the future of storytelling, 2023)
New York Independent Film Festival (Official Selection for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
Raw Science Film Festival (Finalist for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
Jellyfest Film Festival (Semi-finalist for ‘Dedications I-V’, 2021)
Dumbo Film Festival (Semi-finalist for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry (Residency, 2020)
Miller Institute for Contemporary Art (Group Exhibit, 2019)
Freiburg Kunsthalle (Group Exhibit, 2015)
︎AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Bryght Young Things : Crew Love Showcase (BYT, 2020)
Depthkit Workshop (FRSCI, 2020)
Phi Beta Kappa (Honor Society, 2019)
Dana Birnbaum Award (Exceptional Work at the Intersections of Art, Media & Technology, 2019)
Leadership Recognition Award (Carnegie Mellon University, 2019)
Dietrich Humanities Prize (Selected for ‘Dedications I-V,’ Carnegie Mellon University, 2019)
Artist Talk (’The Tale of the Brooklyn Pastram’, Processing Day Pgh, 2019)
Frank-Ratchye Fund for the Arts at the Frontier (For ‘Dedications I-V,’ Studio for Creative Inquiry, 2018)
Sponsor’s Choice Award (BUILD 18 Hackathon, 2016)
Bryght Young Things : Crew Love Showcase (BYT, 2020)
Depthkit Workshop (FRSCI, 2020)
Phi Beta Kappa (Honor Society, 2019)
Dana Birnbaum Award (Exceptional Work at the Intersections of Art, Media & Technology, 2019)
Leadership Recognition Award (Carnegie Mellon University, 2019)
Dietrich Humanities Prize (Selected for ‘Dedications I-V,’ Carnegie Mellon University, 2019)
Artist Talk (’The Tale of the Brooklyn Pastram’, Processing Day Pgh, 2019)
Frank-Ratchye Fund for the Arts at the Frontier (For ‘Dedications I-V,’ Studio for Creative Inquiry, 2018)
Sponsor’s Choice Award (BUILD 18 Hackathon, 2016)
︎PRESS
2022: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics (Nov) (The New York Times, 2022)
Spatial Journalism Interview with Chloé Desaulles (Lab RTVE, 2022)
WWD NY Fashion Week Coverage (Women’s Wear Daily, 2022)
Small Victories Photobook (Boooooom, 2021)
Great Escapes: Creative Stylist Rachael Wang’s Favorite Short Films (Penta, 2020)
Director Interview with Chloé Desaulles (NYC Independent Film Festival, 2020)
BYT Crew Love 04 (Brygth Young Things NYC, 2020)
Creating Infinite Bad Guy (IYOYO / Google Creative Lab, 2020)
2022: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics (Nov) (The New York Times, 2022)
Spatial Journalism Interview with Chloé Desaulles (Lab RTVE, 2022)
WWD NY Fashion Week Coverage (Women’s Wear Daily, 2022)
Small Victories Photobook (Boooooom, 2021)
Great Escapes: Creative Stylist Rachael Wang’s Favorite Short Films (Penta, 2020)
Director Interview with Chloé Desaulles (NYC Independent Film Festival, 2020)
BYT Crew Love 04 (Brygth Young Things NYC, 2020)
Creating Infinite Bad Guy (IYOYO / Google Creative Lab, 2020)
︎SELECT CLIENTS
032c • American Express • Apple • Bad Binch Tong Tong • Benefit • Brooke Candy • The Brooklyn Museum • Buck Design • BY FAR • Charlotte Rose Benjamin • CFDA • Furla • Google • H.E.R. • Hennessy • IDEO • Korres • Kourtney Khardashian • Local Projects • Louis Vuitton • Lucky Daye • Mercury Records • Moncler Genius • Museum of the City of New York • Ogilvy • RCA Records • Ritz-Carlton • Samsung • Something Special Studios • Snapchat • SONY Music • The State of New York • Studio Institute • Synopsis Project • Tag Heuer • The Coding Train • The MET • The New York Times • Thousand Fell • Thrival Innovation + Music Festival • UNA MIA • Valentino • Versace
032c • American Express • Apple • Bad Binch Tong Tong • Benefit • Brooke Candy • The Brooklyn Museum • Buck Design • BY FAR • Charlotte Rose Benjamin • CFDA • Furla • Google • H.E.R. • Hennessy • IDEO • Korres • Kourtney Khardashian • Local Projects • Louis Vuitton • Lucky Daye • Mercury Records • Moncler Genius • Museum of the City of New York • Ogilvy • RCA Records • Ritz-Carlton • Samsung • Something Special Studios • Snapchat • SONY Music • The State of New York • Studio Institute • Synopsis Project • Tag Heuer • The Coding Train • The MET • The New York Times • Thousand Fell • Thrival Innovation + Music Festival • UNA MIA • Valentino • Versace
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