Jesse Cahn Thompson

Hi, I am Jesse--a multimedia artist & designer, programmer, educator, and musician. I am fascinated with human connectivity and empathy within information ecosystems like the internet. A lot of my work and research focuses on digital communication technologies as a means to democratize, balance, and empower networks of people. I received my MA from the Royal College of Art in 2019 after receiving the inaugural Pokémon Company Scholarship.

jesse@s01e01.xyz ** Los Angeles / London ** Portfolio Link

Visiting Lecturer for Information Experience Design at Royal College of Art. 2019-2020.

Assistant Editor on p5.js Contributors Zine 1.0. 2020.

Pokémon Company Scholarship inaugural recipient at the Royal College of Art. 2019.

Royal College of Art Student Union Board of Directors Student Trustee. 2018-2019.

MIT Media Lab Berlin - Signal & Noise finalist. 2018.

Google Summer of Code Mentee Selection Committee with Processing Foundation. 2017 & 2020.

Education

MA Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art

MBA Piedmont College

BA English Literature at Rollins College

Experience

Nonprofit

Processing Foundation Director of Innovation David Lynch Foundation Assistant Director of Los Angeles & Program Strategist Full CV

Design

Chante Digital & Interactive Contractor, Web Design & Development The Young Strategy Freelancer, Research & Copywriting

Exhibitions

Pollution Pavillion*Covent Garden Piazza, City of London Heaven to the CloudRoyal College of Art Amid*Dyson Gallery Collected FutureGarden House at Royal College of Art Rrose Selavy's Dada Extravaganza*Royal Academy of Art Tectonic Apperception*Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College Not Just A202 Gallery at Central Saint Martins May the Light Come Back*La Tôlerie Gallery Flat Earth Folded*Big Medium Gallery Sirens in the Blank*Hockney Gallery at Royal College of Art Flat Earth Unfolded*University Gallery at University of the South Stereoama*Hunter Museum of American Art Phonotactic Lattice*Knoxville Museum of Art
* collaboration
Full Portfolio

Music

Performance

Native Instincts, London ∆ All Tomorrow’s Parties Curated by Animal Collective, UK ∆ J. Paul Getty Museum, LA ∆ Isle of Wight Festival, UK ∆ Midi Festival, France ∆ Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, Spain ∆ Sasquatch! Music Festival, Washington State ∆ Parklife Festival, Milan ∆ Bestival, UK ∆ End of the Road Festival, UK ∆ SXSW, Austin TX ∆ The Bowery Ballroom, NYC ∆

Discography

More info Traditions, Vol. II compilation: “Avatar Feels” je5c feat. El Mir, Memory No. 36 Recordings (2016)
A Cool Kind of Love LP: Tommy Toussaint, Chill Mega Chill Records (2015)
#cc10 mixtape: “I Don’t Wanna Cry” Tommy Toussaint, Creative Commons + Bad Panda Records (2013)
Traditions, Vol. I compilation: “Floating Islands” Tommy Toussaint, Memory No. 36 Records (2013)
Portals Summer II mixtape: “Summer of Love” Tommy Toussaint, Portals, Chill Mega Chill Records, Miscreant Records (2013)
Computer Snacks EP: Tommy Toussaint, Bad Panda Records (2013)
Summer USA EP: Tommy Toussaint, Make Mine Records (2011)
Cosmic Caverns EP: Tommy Toussaint, Cats Purring Collective (2010)
The Good Feeling Music of Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele: Dent May, Paw Tracks (2009)

Multimedia

Vogue Paris music for video Vogue Paris / Chanel music for video Cloudbase Foundation / KEEN score for documentary Nylon Magazine music for video
More music info

Tech Skills

Project Experience

Ableton Live, Sketch App, HTML, CSS, Javascript, p5js, Processing, Arduino, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustration, WebCrawler, Audacity, IBM Watson, PureData, Python, Audacity

Experiments

Max, SuperCollider, Sonic Visualizer, MadMapper, Runway, Threejs, Magenta, Ml5js, Cinema 4D

Talks & Teaching

Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art. 2019-2020.

Presentation for the Pokémon CEO and board of trustees at Tokyo headquarters. 2019.

Blue{shift} Creative Code Instructor. 2018-2019.

P5.js coding workshop @ Royal College of Art. 2018.

Artist presentation and talk @ Flagler College. 2016.

Sound workshop @ Sewanee: University of the South. 2015.

St. Benedict's Prep Resident Tutor and Advocate. 2011-2013.

Link Charter School Middle School Classroom Teacher. 2011-2013.

Multimedia Design

Britbot ChatbotProduction Assistant w/Libby Heaney DataScentAI derived fragrance TadraSonically guided drawing experience