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TED Talks
TED: An art made of trust, vulnerability and connection | Marina Abramovic
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Marina Abramovi's art pushes the boundary between audience and artist in pursuit of heightened consciousness and...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Steve Keen's Art Critique - Berlin 2012
Economist Steve Keen's interpretation of performance art pieces at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's Berlin Conference 2012. Performance and Installations by Berlin Performer Stammtisch members and friends Jörn J. Burmester,...
Creators
LED Pigeons Light Up the Brooklyn Sky | Animal Art
At twilight at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Duke Riley released thousands of birds with LED lights strapped to their legs, illuminating the sky in a choreographed flight pattern. The Creators Project got a chance to meet with Duke in his...
TED Talks
Ursus Wehrli: Tidying up art
Ursus Wehrli shares his vision for a cleaner, more organized, tidier form of art -- by deconstructing the paintings of modern masters into their component pieces, sorted by color and size.
Curated Video
The Man who turned Self-Harm into Art | The Life & Times of Chris Burden
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TED Talks
The role of art and forgiveness in democracy | Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Wendy Whelan
Can art pave the way for a politically divided nation to move forward? Artist, cultural strategist and TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph reflects on the role of art, forgiveness and remembrance in the pursuit of public healing — especially...
TED Talks
Miwa Matreyek: Glorious visions in animation and performance
Using animation, projections and her own moving shadow, Miwa Matreyek performs a gorgeous, meditative piece about inner and outer discovery. Take a quiet 10 minutes and dive in. With music from Anna Oxygen, Mirah, Caroline Lufkin and...
TED Talks
Michael Moschen: Juggling as art ... and science
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 Moschen in motion.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Rhythm in a box: The story of the cajon drum - Paul Jennings
Many modern musical instruments are complicated pieces of machinery with many moving parts. But the cajon is simply a drum and a stand and a seat all in one box. Paul Jennings explains the history behind the cajon and how it has become...
The Art Assignment
Walk On It | Kate Gilmore | The Art Assignment
In which we visit artist Kate Gilmore in her Brooklyn studio and receive the assignment to Walk on It.
Tate
Marina Abramovic: Talking Art | Tate Talks
Marina Abramović is in conversation with Iwona Blazwick. Since the beginning of her career in Belgrade during the early 1970s Marina Abramovic is considered a major figure in performance art. She discusses her four-decade survey MOMA...
Barbican Centre
Poet Jack Miguel performs 'Casino' in 'Basquiat: Boom For Real'
Creators
Preparing for Mars: Orbit at the Whitney
In February, The Whitney Museum of American Art presented Red In View (Orbit), a 10 day continuous performance art piece by artists MPA, Amapola Prada, and Elizabeth Marcus-Sonenberg. The project was a simulation of life in an enclosed...
Curated Video
Dancing Away From Illness And Onto The Stage
The hall lights dim…..a hush comes over the audience … the command “places everyone” is given… there is a palpable stillness in the air as the first notes of the opening piece float out of the speakers...
Curated Video
Deaf Choreographer Creates Touching Ballet For Deaf And Hearing Communities Alike
BalletNext's search for innovation led the New York City-based company and its Artistic Director Michele Wiles to a first-of-its-kind production, a ballet called "Follin."
"Follin" is a performance that...
"Follin" is a performance that...
Two Minute Music Theory
The ART of Music Theory
Music theory is often confused as being mostly about identification, but really - it's more about interpretation. Music Theory is an art. And it's an artform that is both valuable and practical for all musicians throughout their...
History Hit
Africa And War: African porters and carriers
The third art piece is a multimedia performance, aims to tell the story of the over a million African porters and carriers who served British, French, and German forces during the first world war. Also, learn the importance of each of...
History Hit
Africa And War: Remembering African Soldiers
The first art piece is a musical that remembers the African soldiers aboard the SS Mendi. The second piece is an art installation that focuses on the very complicated role African soldiers played in the war. Africa And War, Part 1
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Martin Kagan - Better Understanding Creativity
Martin Kagan is the Director of Cultural Affairs at Pace University.
“Martin Kagan brings to Pace a wealth of experience in presenting and arts management,” said Pace President Stephen J. Friedman. “We look forward to...
“Martin Kagan brings to Pace a wealth of experience in presenting and arts management,” said Pace President Stephen J. Friedman. “We look forward to...
The Art Assignment
Find Your Band Highlights | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
This week Sarah shares some of the excellent responses to Bang on a Can's assignment to Find Your Band.
TED Talks
TED: To accomplish great things, you need to "let the paint dry" | Daniel J. Watts
As theaters closed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the creatives who populated their stages were plunged into a state of seemingly endless uncertainty. Aided by a delightful and metaphorically resonant piece of performance...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A brief history of chess - Alex Gendler
Trace the storied history of the game of chess, from its origins in 7th century India to the computer software we use today. -- The attacking infantry advances, their elephants already having broken the defensive line. The king tries...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to read music - Tim Hansen
Like an actor's script, a sheet of music instructs a musician on what to play (the pitch) and when to play it (the rhythm). Sheet music may look complicated, but once you've gotten the hang of a few simple elements like notes, bars and...
Tate
Performing Sculpture – Earle Brown's Calder Piece | TateShots
Earle Brown was a major force in contemporary music and the American avant-garde since the 1950s and the creator of open form, a style of musical construction greatly indebted to the works of Alexander Calder. In 1963 Brown and Calder...