A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings | eL Seed
TED Talks Art19 Heinä 2016

A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings | eL Seed

eL Seed fuses Arabic calligraphy with graffiti to paint colorful, swirling messages of hope and peace on buildings from Tunisia to Paris. The artist and TED Fellow shares the story of his most ambitious project yet: a mural painted across 50 buildings in Manshiyat Naser, a district of Cairo, Egypt, that can only be fully seen from a nearby mountain.

Jaksot(141)

"The Sacred Art of the Ori" | Laolu Senbanjo

"The Sacred Art of the Ori" | Laolu Senbanjo

Every artist has a name, and every artist has a story. Laolu Senbanjo's story started in Nigeria, where he was surrounded by the culture and mythology of the Yoruba, and brought him to law school, to ...

25 Elo 20178min

A lyrical bridge between past, present and future | David Whyte

A lyrical bridge between past, present and future | David Whyte

With his signature charm and searching insight, David Whyte meditates on the frontiers of the past, present and future, sharing two poems inspired by his niece's hike along El Camino de Santiago de Co...

23 Elo 201720min

7 principles for building better cities | Peter Calthorpe

7 principles for building better cities | Peter Calthorpe

More than half of the world's population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050. The way we build new cities will be at the heart of so mu...

17 Elo 201714min

How artists can (finally) get paid in the digital age  | Jack Conte

How artists can (finally) get paid in the digital age | Jack Conte

It's been a weird 100 years for artists and creators, says musician and entrepreneur Jack Conte. The traditional ways we've turned art into money (like record sales) have been broken by the internet, ...

16 Elo 201710min

A dance to honor Mother Earth | Jon Boogz and Lil Buck

A dance to honor Mother Earth | Jon Boogz and Lil Buck

Movement artists Jon Boogz and Lil Buck debut "Honor thy mother," a delicate, powerful performance of spoken word, violin and dance that draws on the tormented relationship between nature and humanity...

11 Elo 20179min

The stories behind The New Yorker's iconic covers | Françoise Mouly

The stories behind The New Yorker's iconic covers | Françoise Mouly

Meet Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker's art director. For the past 24 years, she's helped decide what appears on the magazine's famous cover, from the black-on-black depiction of the Twin Towers the we...

3 Elo 20178min

Can art amend history? | Titus Kaphar

Can art amend history? | Titus Kaphar

Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present. In an unforgettable live workshop, Kaphar ta...

1 Elo 201712min

How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer) | Grace Kim

How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer) | Grace Kim

Loneliness doesn't always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the people around us -- and it's often the result of the homes w...

24 Heinä 201710min

Suosittua kategoriassa Tiede

rss-mita-tulisi-tietaa
rss-poliisin-mieli
mielipaivakirja
rss-duodecim-lehti
utelias-mieli
tiedekulma-podcast
docemilia
university-of-eastern-finland
vinkista-vihia
rss-vaasan-yliopiston-podcastit
rss-duokkari-ekstra
rss-astetta-parempi-elama-podcast
rss-metsantuntijat-podcast
rss-tiedetta-vai-tarinaa
rss-ilmasto-kriisissa
rss-pandapodi
rss-luontopodi-samuel-glassar-tutkii-luonnon-ihmeita
rss-sosiopodi