Nicole He’s
Internet Realm 😎
Hello! My name is 
I recently directed The Crush House , an game with Nerial, published by Devolver Digital.
I’m also working on an experimental game produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
In the past, I’ve worked as a creative technologist at Google Creative Lab, and an outreach lead at Kickstarter. I am also an adjunct faculty member at ITP at NYU, which is where I received my Master’s degree.
Beyond doing computer stuff,
I enjoy cooking, powerlifting, and recently, streaming on Twitch.
Contact
I am generally available for speaking events, so feel free to reach out for that, or if you just wanna say what’s up.︎︎︎ email
︎︎︎ twitter
︎︎︎ instagram
︎︎︎ twitch
If you want to follow my work and get (very infrequent) updates on new projects and announcements, feel free to subscribe to my newsletter here or below:
Select Interviews
︎︎︎ Kill Screen (2020)︎︎︎ Believer Magazine (2019)
︎︎︎ ARTE Tracks (2019)
︎︎︎ WIRED (2018)
︎︎︎ Kotaku (2018)
︎︎︎ CBC Radio (2017)
Events
Upcoming
Past
Talk
November, 2020
The Internet
︎︎︎ SPACE10 Sessions
Talk
May, 2020
The Internet
︎︎︎HarvardxDesign
Talk
February, 2020
Cambridge, MA
︎︎︎ORD Camp
January, 2020
Chicago, IL
︎︎︎Playtopia
Talk
December, 2019
Cape Town, South Africa ︎︎︎Machine Agencies at the Milieux Institute at Concordia
Talk, Workshop
October, 2019
Montreal, Canada
︎︎︎Glitch Appy Hour @ XOXO 2019
Demo
September, 2019
Portland, OR
︎︎︎The Conference
Talk
August, 2019
Malmö, Sweden
︎︎︎Google I/O
Demo
May, 2019
Mountain View, CA
︎︎︎A MAZE.
Talk
April, 2019
Berlin, Germany
︎︎︎Game Developers Conference
Talk
March 2019
San Francisco, CA
︎︎︎Awwwards Conference
Talk
November 2018
New York, NY
︎︎︎Creative Coding Festival
Keynote
November 2018
New York, NY
︎︎︎Grace Hopper Celebration
Demo
September 2018
Houston, TX
︎︎︎XOXO
Talk
September 2018
Portland, OR
︎︎︎Artworld Videogames
Exhibition
August 2018
Melbourne, Australia
︎︎︎ACMI Masterclass: Artworld Videogames
Talk
August 2018
Melbourne, Australia
︎︎︎Google I/O
Demo
May 2018
Mountain View, CA
︎︎︎True/False Film Festival
Talk
March 2018
Columbia, MO
︎︎︎Interrupt Conference at Brown University
Talk
April 2017
Providence, RI︎︎︎WordHack
Talk
January 2017
New York, New York
︎︎︎The Conference
Exhibition
August 2016
Malmö, Sweden
︎︎︎FACETS
Panel
May 2016
New York, New York
Etc
︎︎︎ Collaborators, friends, people I admire who make cool stuff ︎︎︎ Hello, Computer: Unconventional Uses of Voice Technology 2020 syllabus ︎︎︎ My student blog from grad school
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The Best Art
What is this?
This is the About page for The Best Art, an artistic collaboration between the computer and the human. The project is hosted at the-best-art.computer.
Who are the collaborators?
The artist is a MacBook Air, 13-inch, early 2015. The human is Nicole He.
How does it work?
The computer queries the universe and uses an algorithm to objectively calculate the best art for any given moment in time. The human executes the commands.
How does it work...more specifically?
The computer's creative process is computational, and therefore unbiased.
For any current moment, the computer’s algorithm produces a number called the Art Index. The Art Index is determined by a number of factors in the universe, including the time of day and weather, how many times the president has tweeted that day, how close the International Space Station is to the computer, and the computer’s horoscope. (The computer is a Gemini.)
The computer also generates a machine-appropriate large number of project ideas, which are run through a sentiment analysis program to generate a rating. The computer then matches the current Art Index to the project that is closest in rating, thus determining the best art for the current state of affairs in the universe.
The human receives the computer’s instructions in the form of a printed receipt. The human then executes the commands, outputting the best art and fulfilling the computer's artistic vision.
How many projects have been made?
There have been a total of 27 projects.
How do you know it actually produces the "best" art?
Good art pulls meaning from the chaos of the universe, and also reflects the artist's unique point of view. The computer rigorously combines these two factors in its programming, optimizing them to produce the best art.
Rest assured that the results are objective, because they are determined mathematically via algorithm.
Has there been press about The Best Art?
Yes.
I have questions for the computer or the human.
You may email hi@nicole.pizza.