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Liu Bolin: The invi...
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14:44:26 05/15/13

Can a person disappear in plain sight? That’s the question Liu Bolin‘s remarkable work seems to ask. The Beijing-based artist is sometimes called “The Invisible Ma...

Liu Bolin: The invisible man

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Liu Bolin: The invisible man

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Can a person disappear in plain sight? That’s the question Liu Bolin‘s remarkable work seems to ask. The Beijing-based artist is sometimes called “The Invisible Man” because in nearly all his art, Bolin is front and center — and completely unseen. He aims to draw attention to social and political issues by dissolving into the background.

Malcolm London: “Hi...
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15:06:00 05/08/13

Young poet, educator and activist Malcom London performs his stirring poem about life on the front lines of high school. He tells of the “oceans of adolescence” wh...

Malcolm London: “High School Training Ground”

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Malcolm London: “High School Training Ground”

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Young poet, educator and activist Malcom London performs his stirring poem about life on the front lines of high school. He tells of the “oceans of adolescence” who come to school “but never learn to swim,” of “masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers.” Beautiful, lyrical, chilling.

Eric Whitacre: Virt...
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14:49:59 03/22/13

Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre has inspired millions by bringing together "virtual choirs," singers from many countries spliced together on video. Now, for t...

Eric Whitacre: Virtual Choir Live

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Eric Whitacre: Virtual Choir Live

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Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre has inspired millions by bringing together "virtual choirs," singers from many countries spliced together on video. Now, for the first time ever, he creates the experience in real time, as 32 singers from around the world Skype in to join an onstage choir (assembled from three local colleges) for an epic performance of Whitacre's "Cloudburst," based on a poem by Octavio Paz.

Bruno Maisonnier: D...
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20:25:54 02/26/13

There's a place in France where the robots do a dance. And that place is TEDxConcorde, where Bruno Maisonnier of Aldebaran Robotics choreographs a troupe of tiny h...

Bruno Maisonnier: Dance, tiny robots!

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Bruno Maisonnier: Dance, tiny robots!

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There's a place in France where the robots do a dance. And that place is TEDxConcorde, where Bruno Maisonnier of Aldebaran Robotics choreographs a troupe of tiny humanoid Nao robots through a surprisingly emotive performance.

Young-ha Kim: Be an...
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15:53:11 02/15/13

Why do we ever stop playing and creating? With charm and humor, celebrated Korean author Young-ha Kim invokes the world's greatest artists to urge you to unleash y...

Young-ha Kim: Be an artist, right now!

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Young-ha Kim: Be an artist, right now!

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Why do we ever stop playing and creating? With charm and humor, celebrated Korean author Young-ha Kim invokes the world's greatest artists to urge you to unleash your inner child -- the artist who wanted to play forever. (Filmed at TEDxSeoul.)

Colin Stokes: How m...
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16:01:14 01/18/13

When Colin Stokes’ 3-year-old son caught a glimpse of Star Wars , he was instantly obsessed. But what messages did he absorb from the sci-fi classic? Stokes asks ...

Colin Stokes: How movies teach manhood

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Colin Stokes: How movies teach manhood

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When Colin Stokes’ 3-year-old son caught a glimpse of Star Wars , he was instantly obsessed. But what messages did he absorb from the sci-fi classic? Stokes asks for more movies that send positive messages to boys: that cooperation is heroic, and respecting women is as manly as defeating the villain. ( Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet. )

Sue Austin: Deep se...
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15:59:21 01/08/13

When Sue Austin got a power chair 16 years ago, she felt a tremendous sense of freedom -- yet others looked at her as though she had lost something. In her art, sh...

Sue Austin: Deep sea diving … in a wheelchair

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Sue Austin: Deep sea diving … in a wheelchair

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When Sue Austin got a power chair 16 years ago, she felt a tremendous sense of freedom -- yet others looked at her as though she had lost something. In her art, she aims to convey the spirit of wonder she feels wheeling through the world. Includes thrilling footage of an underwater wheelchair that lets her explore ocean beds, drifting through schools of fish, floating free in 360 degrees. ( Filmed at TEDxWomen. )

Steven Addis: A fat...
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11:00:00 12/19/12

A long time ago in New York City, Steve Addis stood on a corner holding his 1-year-old daughter in his arms; his wife snapped a photo. The image has inspired an an...

Steven Addis: A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time

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Steven Addis: A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time

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A long time ago in New York City, Steve Addis stood on a corner holding his 1-year-old daughter in his arms; his wife snapped a photo. The image has inspired an annual father-daughter ritual, where Addis and his daughter pose for the same picture, on the same corner, each year. Addis shares 15 treasured photographs from the series, and explores why this small, repeated ritual means so much.

Candy Chang: Before...
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13:00:00 11/23/12

In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a fill-in-the-blank question: “Before I...

Candy Chang: Before I die I want to...

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Candy Chang: Before I die I want to...

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In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a fill-in-the-blank question: “Before I die I want to ___.” Her neighbors' answers -- surprising, poignant, funny -- became an unexpected mirror for the community. (What's your answer?)

Louie Schwartzberg:...
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14:00:00 11/22/12

Nature’s beauty can be easily missed -- but not through Louie Schwartzberg’s lens. His stunning time-lapse photography, accompanied by powerful words from Benedict...

Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.

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Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.

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Nature’s beauty can be easily missed -- but not through Louie Schwartzberg’s lens. His stunning time-lapse photography, accompanied by powerful words from Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast, serves as a meditation on being grateful for every day. (Filmed at TEDxSF .)

David Binder: The a...
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16:00:33 11/16/12

David Binder is a major Broadway producer, but last summer he found himself in a small Australian neighborhood, watching locals dance and perform on their lawns --...

David Binder: The arts festival revolution

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David Binder: The arts festival revolution

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David Binder is a major Broadway producer, but last summer he found himself in a small Australian neighborhood, watching locals dance and perform on their lawns -- and loving it. He shows us the new face of arts festivals, which break the boundary between audience and performer and help cities express themselves.

Julie Burstein: 4 l...
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16:07:32 11/12/12

Radio host Julie Burstein talks with creative people for a living -- and shares four lessons about how to create in the face of challenge, self-doubt and loss. Hea...

Julie Burstein: 4 lessons in creativity

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Julie Burstein: 4 lessons in creativity

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Radio host Julie Burstein talks with creative people for a living -- and shares four lessons about how to create in the face of challenge, self-doubt and loss. Hear insights from filmmaker Mira Nair, writer Richard Ford, sculptor Richard Serra and photographer Joel Meyerowitz.

Gary Greenberg: The...
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16:01:38 11/07/12

When photographed under a 3D microscope, grains of sand appear like colorful pieces of candy and the stamens in a flower become like fantastical spires at an amuse...

Gary Greenberg: The beautiful nano details of our world

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Gary Greenberg: The beautiful nano details of our world

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When photographed under a 3D microscope, grains of sand appear like colorful pieces of candy and the stamens in a flower become like fantastical spires at an amusement park. Gary Greenberg reveals the thrilling details of the micro world. ( Filmed at TEDxMaui. )

Maurizio Seracini: ...
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15:43:22 10/12/12

Art history is far from set in stone. Engineer Maurizio Seracini spent 30 years searching for Leonardo da Vinci’s lost fresco “The Battle of Anghiari,” and in the ...

Maurizio Seracini: The secret lives of paintings

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Maurizio Seracini: The secret lives of paintings

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Art history is far from set in stone. Engineer Maurizio Seracini spent 30 years searching for Leonardo da Vinci’s lost fresco “The Battle of Anghiari,” and in the process discovered that many paintings have layers of history hidden underneath. Should they be part of the viewing experience too?

Thomas P. Campbell:...
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15:00:03 10/05/12

As the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Thomas P. Campbell thinks deeply about curating—not just selecting art objects, but placing them in ...

Thomas P. Campbell: Weaving narratives in museum galleries

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Thomas P. Campbell: Weaving narratives in museum galleries

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As the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Thomas P. Campbell thinks deeply about curating—not just selecting art objects, but placing them in a setting where the public can learn their stories. With glorious images, he shows how his curation philosophy works for displaying medieval tapestries—and for the over-the-top fashion/art of Alexander McQueen. ( From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell .)

Bahia Shehab: A tho...
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15:23:12 09/28/12

Art historian Bahia Shehab has long been fascinated with the Arabic script for ‘no.’ When revolution swept through Egypt in 2011, she began spraying the image in t...

Bahia Shehab: A thousand times no

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Bahia Shehab: A thousand times no

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Art historian Bahia Shehab has long been fascinated with the Arabic script for ‘no.’ When revolution swept through Egypt in 2011, she began spraying the image in the streets saying no to dictators, no to military rule and no to violence.

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Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

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Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz
06/17/11

Musician and inventor Onyx Ashanti demonstrates "beatjazz" -- his music created with two handheld controllers, an iPhone and a mouthpiece, and played with the entire body. At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, after locking in his beats and loops, he plays a 3-minute song that shares his vision for the future of music.