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.
Two artists, Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, are making a statement at both parties' political conventions with "temporary monuments" to America's struggling middle class. More »
NASA's August 27 update from the ISS reveals the scale of the storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. More »
A documentary about the life and times of Jeff Dowd, sixties radical, indie film promoter, and world-famous Dude. More »
Games so basic they don't even have names come to life via animation in this charming video. More »
A video animates data from one of NOAA's GOES satellites to trace the course of the tropical storm from August 25-27. More »
YouTube's favorite Slow Mo Guys capture the puzzling dyamics of the iconic Slinky at 1,600 frames per second. More »
As the world mourns the loss of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, take a moment to revisit the iconic Apollo 11 landing. More »
Watch the city lights sparkle to life as the sun sets, over an over, in Colin Rich's Nightfall. More »
The viral video hit of the summer, copied by everyone from Katy Perry to Cookie Monster, has connected millions of people around the world. More »
The audio of a hip hop track stimulates synchronized pulsing chromatophores (pigmented cells) in a squid fin via electrodes. More »
PBS' Off Book series talks to animators and motion graphics creators about the past and present of this magical medium. More »
Motherboard visits Aquarius Reef Base where scientists and astronauts prepare for working on asteroids. More »
A resurgence in genre-bending movie mashups might be driven by audiences slogging through Hollywood's summer lineup. More »
A Turkish filmmaker documents his parents' craft of Ebru, transforming floating inks into delicate patterns. More »
Thanks to some image editing, Daniel Luke Fitch's version of the rover's Mars approach is extra crisp and breathtaking. More »
How scientists decode brain activity to recreate the YouTube videos their research subjects are watching More »
For people dealing with mental health issues or learning disablities, working at this recycling facility provides community and satisfaction. More »
Ben Miller performs a web comic from Randall Munroe's brilliant web comic xkcd, a rant to the tune of "Modern Major General." More »
NASA's InSight mission, planned for 2016, will examine the geophysics of our neighboring planet. More »
Boston Dynamics' PETMAN robot gets the soundtrack it deserves from video editor Tim Trusler. More »
