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Tom Shannon: el pintor y el péndulo

Filmed May 2009 • Posted Feb 2010TED in the Field
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TED visita a Tom Shannon en su estudio de Manhattan para una mirada íntima a su arte inspirado en la ciencia. Una conversación muy personal y reveladora con John Hockenberry nos muestra cómo las fuerzas naturales, y el comienzo de los temblores, interactúan en su vida y su arte.

Tom Shannon's mixed-material sculpture seems to levitate -- often it actually does -- thanks to powerful magnets and clever arrangements of suspension wire. He designed the TED Prize trophy. Full bio »

Journalist and commentator John Hockenberry has reported from all over the world in virtually every medium. He's the author of "Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence." Full bio »

Translated into Spanish by Josefina Callender
Reviewed by Sebastian Betti
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