Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is a senior 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.

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 »

How the Heartwarming Story of 'Caine's Arcade' Spawned a Movement

How the Heartwarming Story of 'Caine's Arcade' Spawned a Movement

When filmmaker Nirvan Mullick posted a video about 9-year-old Caine's homemade cardboard arcade, it became a sensation.  More »

Remixing Kubrick and Tarantino: What Supercuts Reveal About Classic Cinema

Remixing Kubrick and Tarantino: What Supercuts Reveal About Classic Cinema

Kogonada's mesmerizing "video essays" explore the stylistic choices of iconic directors.  More »

A Family Business Hand-Rolls Cigars in the Heart of New York City

A Family Business Hand-Rolls Cigars in the Heart of New York City

Opened in 1974, Martinez Cigar Factory doubles as a neighborhood destination for a smoke and some conversation. More »

Fauna: The Creepiness of Pets Makes for a Great Music Video

Fauna: The Creepiness of Pets Makes for a Great Music Video

A surreal video for Metronomy's "Hypnose" finds unexpected tension in the blank stares of ordinary house pets.  More »

Fauna: The Adorable Microscopic Organisms That Can Survive in Space

Fauna: The Adorable Microscopic Organisms That Can Survive in Space

Tardigrades are minuscule, eight-legged creatures that can withstand extreme conditions, including the vacuum of space.   More »

The Basic Science of Why Coffee and Alcohol Cause Dehydration

The Basic Science of Why Coffee and Alcohol Cause Dehydration

The playful educational series ASAP Science tackles the biology of how kidneys regulate the amount of water in the body.  More »

The Insane Virality of 'Gangnam Style' vs. 'Call Me Maybe' in One Chart

The Insane Virality of 'Gangnam Style' vs. 'Call Me Maybe' in One Chart

YouTube Trends reveals the data behind the astronomical rise of the two pop hits of the summer. More »

A Fascinating Visual History of Vintage Race Car Design

A Fascinating Visual History of Vintage Race Car Design

Sven Völker, author of Go Faster, explores the intersection of graphic design and functionality in race cars, going back to the 1950s.  More »

Exploring the Effects of Diet on Diabetes in Mice

Exploring the Effects of Diet on Diabetes in Mice

A short documentary from the Science Bytes series talks to Dr. Charles Mobbs about his research, which reversed the progress of kidney disease in mice with diabetes.  More »

3 Video Projectors, 2 White Walls, and 1 White Floor Create an Entire Universe

3 Video Projectors, 2 White Walls, and 1 White Floor Create an Entire Universe

An eye-popping music video for Willow's track "Sweater" uses projection mapping and elaborate choreography to create cities, oceans, and galaxies.  More »

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