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Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is an associate editor at The Atlantic. She curates the Video channel. More

Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg's work in media spans documentary television, advertising, and print. As a producer in the Viewer Created Content division of Al Gore's Current TV, she acquired and produced short documentaries by independent filmmakers around the world. Post-Current, she worked as a producer and strategist at Urgent Content, developing consumer-created and branded nonfiction campaigns for clients including Cisco, Ford, and GOOD Magazine. She studied filmmaking and digital media at Harvard University, where she was co-creator and editor in chief of H BOMB Magazine.
A Desert Shaman's Mystical Trip, Activated via Floppy Disk

A Desert Shaman's Mystical Trip, Activated via Floppy Disk

The music video for Little People's 'Aldgate Patterns' explores the psychedelic boundary between natural and digital worlds.  More »

Watch the World's First Color Films—Shot in 1902

Watch the World's First Color Films—Shot in 1902

British photographer Edward Turner invented an ingenious process for shooting colorful moving images over a century ago. More »

Bored of Epic Time-Lapse Videos? Check Out This 'Hyperlapse'

Bored of Epic Time-Lapse Videos? Check Out This 'Hyperlapse'

Ben Wiggins creates sweeping shots of urban and natural landscapes.  More »

Vintage Photo Eye Candy: A 1940s Guide to Becoming a Pro Photographer

Vintage Photo Eye Candy: A 1940s Guide to Becoming a Pro Photographer

A 1946 film from the Your Life Work series describes the many career tracks in photography and cinematography.  More »

Christoph Niemann's Philosophy of Design and Data

Christoph Niemann's Philosophy of Design and Data

The art director and graphic designer talks about his approach to making information visually meaningful.  More »

A Psychedelic 1970s-Style Anti-Drug Film Targets... Catnip

A Psychedelic 1970s-Style Anti-Drug Film Targets... Catnip

'Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?' is a perfect parody of the classroom PSA genre.  More »

Space Shuttle Endeavour Cruises Over Los Angeles, the Hollywood Sign, and More

Space Shuttle Endeavour Cruises Over Los Angeles, the Hollywood Sign, and More

How many landmarks can you spot in NASA's video of the spacecraft's last journey?  More »

What Happens When 2601 People Make a Song (and Music Video)

What Happens When 2601 People Make a Song (and Music Video)

Ze Frank was making collaborative web videos before it was cool but his latest project is truly massive, and mesmerizing.  More »

How Tracking 'Small Wins' Makes You Happier and More Productive

How Tracking 'Small Wins' Makes You Happier and More Productive

Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile's research reveals the many benefits of keeping a diary.  More »

The Evolution and Art of Web Design

The Evolution and Art of Web Design

From HTML to Flash and beyond, the PBS Off Book series explores what makes a good website.  More »

Live-Action 'Light Painting' Covers a City in Frozen, Glowing Streaks

Live-Action 'Light Painting' Covers a City in Frozen, Glowing Streaks

Finnish post-production pro Anssi Määttä's eye-popping video has commenters guessing how he did it.  More »

Cloudy Skies Make for a Breathtaking Time-Lapse Portrait of Ireland

Cloudy Skies Make for a Breathtaking Time-Lapse Portrait of Ireland

Landscape photographer Peter Cox captures Ireland's dramatic vistas in all their glory. More »

Little Plastic Green Army Men Invade a Garden, Chaos Ensues

Little Plastic Green Army Men Invade a Garden, Chaos Ensues

Stop motion-animated short Plot-oon tells the violent story of an epic battle.   More »

What If an Electromagnetic Storm Wiped Out Your Digital 'Memories'?

What If an Electromagnetic Storm Wiped Out Your Digital 'Memories'?

A sci-fi short set in Paris in the year 2020 imagines a world where we pay a price for our obsession with social media.  More »

A Terrifying 30-Meter-Tall 'Fire Tornado' in Australia's Outback

A Terrifying 30-Meter-Tall 'Fire Tornado' in Australia's Outback

Filmmaker Chris Tangey captured a rare phenomenon on video: a vortex of flames rising up from a wildfire.  More »

How Orgasms Shut Down Our Brains

How Orgasms Shut Down Our Brains

The web series ASAP Science explains what happens to your mind and body during sex. More »

Make Videos, Get Money: Vimeo's CEO on Why Creators Should Get Paid

Make Videos, Get Money: Vimeo's CEO on Why Creators Should Get Paid

The video-sharing platform is launching two tools that allow videomakers to monetize their content.  More »

'Let 1,000 Jon Stewarts Bloom': Unleashing the Power of Archived News Media

'Let 1,000 Jon Stewarts Bloom': Unleashing the Power of Archived News Media

Taking a play from Comedy Central, users can browse more than 350,000 cable news clips in a new collection from the Internet Archive. More »

In 'Muhammad Ali Goes to Mars,' a New Nonprofit Brings a Lost Interview to Life

In 'Muhammad Ali Goes to Mars,' a New Nonprofit Brings a Lost Interview to Life

Tumblr teams up with Blank on Blank, which resurfaces journalists' old recorded interviews, to tell a whimsical true story.  More »

A Gorgeous Time-Lapse Video of a Pilot's Perspective During Flight

A Gorgeous Time-Lapse Video of a Pilot's Perspective During Flight

Jakub Vlk stashed a camera in the cockpit of his plane and captured takeoff, flight, and landing in lovely HD video. More »

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