Chloé Desaulles is a NYC-based, Alsatian raised visual director, researcher and new media artist. Her practice specializes in Storytelling Innovation, Research + Development & Interactive Design for emerging technologies.
I specialize in creative direction for immersive and interactive for clients in fashion, music, entertainment and tech. I most recently come from The New York Times R&D where I researched the future of visual and immersive storytelling. I am now directing, consulting and designing through my independent studio Touch Response for clients such as Black Dog Films, SONY Music, RCA Records, Versace, Megan Thee Stallion, Apple‘s Special Projects Group,The American Museum of Natural History, 032c & Van Cleef & Arpels.
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 internationally, such as the New York Independent Film Festival, Freiburg Kunsthalle, Venezia Shorts, CultureHub RE-FEST, Dallas International Film Festival or the Academy-Award eligible Raw Science Film Festival. I am currently a finalist for the Young Guns Award.
I hold an interdisciplinary degree in Neuroscience and New Media Art from Carnegie Mellon University and have been a guest lecturer at Columbia, DAZED Live, School of Visual Arts, NYUBarnard. Please ask me to give more talks in 2025!
︎FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES
Dallas International Film Festival - Gold Winner (Programmer’s Choice for ‘Hangover’, 2025)
Young Guns 23 (Shortlist, 2025)
Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (Honorable Mention for ‘Hangover’, 2025).
Venezia Shorts (Official Selection for ‘Hangover’, 2025)
HEART, Sacred Screenshots (Group Show, 2024)
CultureHub RE-FEST (Online Group Show, 2023)
New York Independent Film Festival (Official Selection for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
Raw Science Film Festival (Academy Award eligible, Finalist for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
Dumbo Film Festival (Semi-finalist for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry (Residency, 2020)
Bryght Young Things : Crew Love Showcase (BYT, 2020)
Dara Birnbaum Award (Exceptional Work at the Intersections of Art, Media & Technology, 2019)
Miller Institute for Contemporary Art (Group Exhibit, 2019)
Frank-Ratchye Fund for the Arts at the Frontier (For ‘Dedications I-V,’ Studio for Creative Inquiry, 2018)
Freiburg Kunsthalle (Group Exhibit, 2015)
Dallas International Film Festival - Gold Winner (Programmer’s Choice for ‘Hangover’, 2025)
Young Guns 23 (Shortlist, 2025)
Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (Honorable Mention for ‘Hangover’, 2025).
Venezia Shorts (Official Selection for ‘Hangover’, 2025)
HEART, Sacred Screenshots (Group Show, 2024)
CultureHub RE-FEST (Online Group Show, 2023)
New York Independent Film Festival (Official Selection for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
Raw Science Film Festival (Academy Award eligible, Finalist for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
Dumbo Film Festival (Semi-finalist for ‘Dedications I-V,’ 2020)
The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry (Residency, 2020)
Bryght Young Things : Crew Love Showcase (BYT, 2020)
Dara Birnbaum Award (Exceptional Work at the Intersections of Art, Media & Technology, 2019)
Miller Institute for Contemporary Art (Group Exhibit, 2019)
Frank-Ratchye Fund for the Arts at the Frontier (For ‘Dedications I-V,’ Studio for Creative Inquiry, 2018)
Freiburg Kunsthalle (Group Exhibit, 2015)
︎TALKS & LECTURES
School of Visual Arts:
"Toeing the Line Between Eager and Annoying" (Guest Lecture, 2025)
DAZED Archive Live: “Physical Communication Across Digital Culure, Chloé Desaulles in Conversation with Yehwan Song” (Panel, 2025)
Columbia University: “
"Interdisciplinary Translation as Storytelling Agent" (Guest Lecture, 2024)
NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program : “
"Immersive Storytelling Devices for a More Intentional World" (Guest Lecture, 2024)
Drew University Guest Lecturer (2024)
Columbia University at Barnard College Guest Lecturer (Movement Lab, 2023)
Frog Artist Talk :
“On the Essence of AI: Demystifying and Deconstructing the Practice of Artificial Intelligence in the Arts” (Artist Talk, 2023)
Mercedes-Benz FutureProof Talk (On the future of storytelling, 2023)
Depthkit Workshop (FRSCI, 2020)
Phi Beta Kappa (Honor Society, 2019)
Artist Talk:“The Tale of the Brooklyn Pastram” (Processing Day, 2019)
School of Visual Arts:
"Toeing the Line Between Eager and Annoying" (Guest Lecture, 2025)
DAZED Archive Live: “Physical Communication Across Digital Culure, Chloé Desaulles in Conversation with Yehwan Song” (Panel, 2025)
Columbia University: “
"Interdisciplinary Translation as Storytelling Agent" (Guest Lecture, 2024)
NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program : “
"Immersive Storytelling Devices for a More Intentional World" (Guest Lecture, 2024)
Drew University Guest Lecturer (2024)
Columbia University at Barnard College Guest Lecturer (Movement Lab, 2023)
Frog Artist Talk :
“On the Essence of AI: Demystifying and Deconstructing the Practice of Artificial Intelligence in the Arts” (Artist Talk, 2023)
Mercedes-Benz FutureProof Talk (On the future of storytelling, 2023)
Depthkit Workshop (FRSCI, 2020)
Phi Beta Kappa (Honor Society, 2019)
Artist Talk:“The Tale of the Brooklyn Pastram” (Processing Day, 2019)
︎PRESS
Citation (The New York Times, New York, 2025)
Artist Profile (Indie Eye, Milan, 2025)
Citation (’Talk of the Town’ column in The New Yorker, New York, 2025)
Featured Work with ‘Hangover’ (Promonews, New York, 2025)
2022: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics (Nov) (The New York Times, New York, 2022)
2022: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics (Nov) (The New York Times, New York, 2022)
Spatial Journalism Interview with Chloé Desaulles (Lab RTVE, Madrid, 2022)
WWD NY Fashion Week Coverage (Women’s Wear Daily, New York, 2022)
Small Victories Photobook (Boooooom, New York, 2021)
Great Escapes: Creative Stylist Rachael Wang’s Favorite Short Films (Barron’s, New York, 2020)
Director Interview with Chloé Desaulles (NYC Independent Film Festival, New York, 2020)
BYT Crew Love 04 (Brygth Young Things, New York, 2020)
Creating Infinite Bad Guy (IYOYO / Google Creative Lab, New York, 2020)
Citation (The New York Times, New York, 2025)
Artist Profile (Indie Eye, Milan, 2025)
Citation (’Talk of the Town’ column in The New Yorker, New York, 2025)
Featured Work with ‘Hangover’ (Promonews, New York, 2025)
2022: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics (Nov) (The New York Times, New York, 2022)
2022: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics (Nov) (The New York Times, New York, 2022)
Spatial Journalism Interview with Chloé Desaulles (Lab RTVE, Madrid, 2022)
WWD NY Fashion Week Coverage (Women’s Wear Daily, New York, 2022)
Small Victories Photobook (Boooooom, New York, 2021)
Great Escapes: Creative Stylist Rachael Wang’s Favorite Short Films (Barron’s, New York, 2020)
Director Interview with Chloé Desaulles (NYC Independent Film Festival, New York, 2020)
BYT Crew Love 04 (Brygth Young Things, New York, 2020)
Creating Infinite Bad Guy (IYOYO / Google Creative Lab, New York, 2020)
︎SELECT CLIENTS
032c • American Express • The American Museum of Natural History • Apple • Bad Binch Tong Tong • Benefit • Black Dog Films • 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 • Megan Thee Stallion • Mercury Records • Moncler Genius • Museum of the City of New York • Nike • Office of Applied Strategy • PBS Frontline • RCA Records • Ridley Scott Films • Ritz-Carlton • Samsung • Something Special Studios • Snapchat • SONY Music • The State of New York • Tag Heuer • The Coding Train • The MET • The New York Times • UNA MIA • Valentino • Van Cleef & Arpels • Versace
032c • American Express • The American Museum of Natural History • Apple • Bad Binch Tong Tong • Benefit • Black Dog Films • 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 • Megan Thee Stallion • Mercury Records • Moncler Genius • Museum of the City of New York • Nike • Office of Applied Strategy • PBS Frontline • RCA Records • Ridley Scott Films • Ritz-Carlton • Samsung • Something Special Studios • Snapchat • SONY Music • The State of New York • Tag Heuer • The Coding Train • The MET • The New York Times • UNA MIA • Valentino • Van Cleef & Arpels • Versace
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