Joe Gore
Guitarist, writer, and tech consultant Joe Gore has recorded with visionary artists like PJ Harvey and Tom Waits, helped shape the culture of guitar as the editor of Guitar Player in its glory days, and designed the digital guitar tools in Apple’s wildly popular DAWs. Joe’s is a tale of talent and timing, but also one of authenticity. This is what he’s learned.
Eleanor Friedberger
Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces is one of the most singular voices in indie rock. Filmmaker and Chance Operations collaborator Jessica Edwards sat down with Eleanor to discuss how her process changes between projects, how constraints can work for you, and the magic trick to staying motivated to create.
Seven Questions: Gary Hustwit
Introducing Seven Questions About Creativity, a series where we present creatives from all disciplines with a fixed collection of seven questions about their creative processes and experiences. To kick off the series, we handed these questions over to Chance Operations’ founder and documentary filmmaker Gary Hustwit.
Ben Greenberg
Musician and prolific studio do-it-all Ben Greenberg has worked on an astonishing number of projects. From noise records to providing the final mix of the score for Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, Ben’s learned a few things about the creative process along the way.
Everett Katigbak
Multi-hyphenate artist and designer Everett Katigbak, most recently Creative Director at Anthropic, is stepping out of the swirl of AI and pursuing the next phase of what he calls “Analog Intelligence.”
Kelly Reichardt
Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt premiered her latest film The Mastermind at the 2025 Venice Film Festival. Gary Hustwit spoke with Kelly about her creative process while she was writing the film, and how she approaches long-term collaborations.
Lucy Raven
A conversation with Lucy Raven, the acclaimed visual artist whose work encompasses image capture technology, material transformation, and the mythology of the American West.
