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Rives: A story of mixed emoticons

Filmed Feb 2008 • Posted Oct 2008TED2008
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Rives tells a typographical fairy tale that's short and bittersweet ;)

Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life. Full bio »

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