Let the Weird Internet Have Better Tools
Creative control, local references and what niche culture could gain from easier production.
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What we make.
What we learn.
Findings from the CESC Program, practical creative knowledge, and wider research from CULTESC.
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What Makes a Feed Feel Dead?
Separating automated traffic, generated media and manufactured crowds from an empty-feeling feed.
Read cultural essayAfter the First Good Frame
A proposed ledger for recording creative revisions, effort and approval history.
Read working methodWhat a Consistency Score Leaves Out
Reading identity scores, evaluation coverage and the decisions they can support.
Read evaluation noteSame Character, Different Shot
A proposed visual study of character changes, viewer recognition and automated identity scores.
Read study proposalPlayed Past the End
What playback beyond a video’s duration can tell us, and what the extra seconds leave open.
Read metric noteThe next generation will grow up watching ghosts.
How AI-connected production tools could change the authorship of a channel.
Read essayThe Shot Is Only the Beginning
A proposed Blender–Higgsfield comparison built around revisions and retained working material.
Read comparison frameworkWhat a View Cannot Tell Us
An exploratory pilot observation separating distribution and following from recognition and return.
Read field noteIntroducing the CESC Program.
What the program makes, the questions it studies, and the evidence it will share.
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CESC Program Publications
The program, documented. 3 publications
Field notes, findings, methods, case studies, and updates from CESC. The properties we develop, the decisions we test, and the response we study.
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CULTESC Creative Articles
Knowledge for the next brief. 4 publications
Tutorials, recommendations, and resources for crafting digital experiences. Practical approaches to design, storytelling, animation, code, and AI-assisted production.
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CULTESC Research
Research beyond the program. 3 publications
Studies and analysis built around defined questions and relevant datasets—from our own programs, external providers, and open data sources.
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