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Art Unusual

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Provocative, multidisciplinary and often technology-driven, new modes of art and performance defy their traditional definitions. These Talks celebrate artistic innovation as well as creative cross-pollination.

Game designer Will Wright constructs virtual worlds in which players can make creatures of their own. The dancers of Pilobolus blur the boundary between two bodies, and Eve Ensler crosses a few boundaries herself by speaking bluntly about the body.

Golan Levin uses software to create experimental sonic and visual artworks -- a symphony of ringtones, for example. Vik Muniz's artwork -- made of chocolate, confetti and clouds -- challenges our perceptions and teases our imaginations. And Stefan Sagmeister shows how a little flair and an ardent attention to detail can do for design something indispensable: make people happy.

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Play_iconStephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

19:58 Posted: Apr 2010

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Play_botw_iconEric Whitacre: A choir as big as the Internet

Eric Whitacre: A choir as big as the Internet

04:15 Posted: Apr 2010

Views: 330,318 | Comments: 149

Play_iconThelma Golden: How art gives shape to cultural change

Thelma Golden: How art gives shape to cultural change

12:28 Posted: Apr 2010

Views: 223,194 | Comments: 59

Play_botw_iconPatsy Rodenburg: Why I do theater

Patsy Rodenburg: Why I do theater

06:47 Posted: Mar 2010

Views: 176,785 | Comments: 68

Play_iconJane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

20:03 Posted: Mar 2010

Views: 3,043,581 | Comments: 1156

Play_iconJames Cameron: Before Avatar ... a curious boy

James Cameron: Before Avatar ... a curious boy

17:08 Posted: Mar 2010

Views: 907,135 | Comments: 185

Play_iconRaghava KK: My 5 lives as an artist

Raghava KK: My 5 lives as an artist

17:55 Posted: Feb 2010

Views: 375,153 | Comments: 175

Play_iconTom Shannon: The painter and the pendulum

Tom Shannon: The painter and the pendulum

13:21 Posted: Feb 2010

Views: 225,538 | Comments: 27

Play_iconRavin Agrawal: 10 young Indian artists to watch

Ravin Agrawal: 10 young Indian artists to watch

06:34 Posted: Jan 2010

Views: 205,993 | Comments: 31

Play_iconNick Veasey: Exposing the invisible

Nick Veasey: Exposing the invisible

13:18 Posted: Jan 2010

Views: 355,003 | Comments: 50

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