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Releasing the music in your head Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Tod Machover of MIT’s Media Lab is devoted to extending musical expression to everyone, from virtuosos to amateurs, and in the most diverse forms,...

Treating design as art Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Paola Antonelli, design curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, wants to spread her appreciation of design — in all shapes and forms...

"Kounandi" Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Singer-songwriter Rokia Traore performs "Kounandi," a breathtaking song that blends Malian instruments with a modern, heartfelt vocal. Note: This ...

Creating objects that tell stories Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Designer Yves Behar digs up his creative roots to discuss some of the iconic objects he’s created (the Leaf lamp, the Jawbone headset). Then he tu...

Nice building. Then what? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 In a wildly entertaining discussion with Richard Saul Wurman, architect Frank Gehry gives TEDsters his take on the power of failure, his recent bu...

Picturing excess Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistic...

Sculpture that’s truly moving Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson talks about his work — kinetic art that explores deep philosophical ideas and is gee-whiz fun to look...

Theater and the imagination Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Speaking at TED in 1998, director/designer Julie Taymor talks about her boundary-shattering theater work -- such as turning The Lion King into an a...

Juggling rhythm and motion Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Michael Moschen puts on a quietly mesmerizing show of juggling. Don’t think juggling is an art? You might just change your mind after watching Mosc...

The illustrated woman Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Author and illustrator Maira Kalman talks about her life and work, from her covers for The New Yorker to her books for children and grown-ups. She...

A life of fascinations Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Nathan Myhrvold talks about a few of his latest fascinations — animal photography, archeology, BBQ and generally being an eccentric geni...

The art of creating creatures Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are desi...

"What I Want" Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Nora York gives a stunning performance of her song "What I Want," with Jamie Lawrence (keyboards), Steve Tarshis (guitar) and Arthur Kell (bass).

All roads lead to Rome Antics Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 David Macaulay relives the winding and sometimes surreal journey toward the completion of Rome Antics, his illustrated homage to the historic city.

Toys that make worlds Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous maste...

A surprising look at celebrity Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 By making photographs that seem to show our favorite celebs (Diana, Elton John) doing what we really, secretly, want to see them doing, Alison Jac...

A lyrical view of life on Earth Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 In this stunning slideshow, celebrated nature photographer Frans Lanting presents The LIFE Project, a poetic collection of photographs that tell t...

Art with wire, thread, sugar, chocolate Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Vik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or diamonds. Here he describes the thinking behind his work and ...

The truly soft side of software Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Engineer and artist Golan Levin pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with audiovisuals and technology. In an amazing TED display, he shows two...

A performance merging dance and biology Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Two Pilobolus dancers perform "Symbiosis." Does it trace the birth of a relationship? Or the co-evolution of symbiotic species? Music: "God Music,"...

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