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.

Transposing the Icons of Google Maps Into the Real World

Transposing the Icons of Google Maps Into the Real World

Artist Aram Bartholl explores the growing influence of digital technology and the social web through urban installations. More »

Fauna: Reef Sharks, Shipwrecks, and Massive Attack

Fauna: Reef Sharks, Shipwrecks, and Massive Attack

Stunning underwater footage of the Ray of Hope shipwreck in the Bahamas, an artificial reef swarming with sharks More »

The Beautiful, Eerie Short Film That Spawned 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'

The Beautiful, Eerie Short Film That Spawned 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'

Released in 2008, Court 13's Glory at Sea features a similar coastal apocalypse and magical realism as the hit indie feature.  More »

A Scientific Model of How Whiskers Work

A Scientific Model of How Whiskers Work

Researchers at Northwestern University are studying the mechanics of whiskers to learn about human sensory perception.  More »

Wow, Just Wow—the Staggering Awkwardness of Stock Videos

Wow, Just Wow—the Staggering Awkwardness of Stock Videos

A hilarious new Tumblr collects baffling clips from Shutterstock. More »

'NASA and We Know It' Gives Curiosity the Viral Video Treatment It Deserves

'NASA and We Know It' Gives Curiosity the Viral Video Treatment It Deserves

A parody of the pop video "Sexy and We Know It" by LMFAO pays tribute to the Mars rover mission.  More »

Celebrate Julia Child's 100th Birthday With 3 Hilarious Remixes

Celebrate Julia Child's 100th Birthday With 3 Hilarious Remixes

The famous cook remixed three ways: auto-tuned, mashed up with Meryl Streep, and à la Guns 'n Roses. More »

'Wind Tunnel Acrobatics' Needs to Be an Olympic Sport ASAP

'Wind Tunnel Acrobatics' Needs to Be an Olympic Sport ASAP

Four athletes zip, flip, and float through a wind tunnel in Prague in this video from Red Bull.  More »

How the NYTimes.com Transforms Reporting Into Interactive Graphics

How the NYTimes.com Transforms Reporting Into Interactive Graphics

The publisher Gestalten interviews two graphics editors behind the paper's innovative digital content. More »

A Mind-Bending Experimental Video Blends Dance and Digital Effects

A Mind-Bending Experimental Video Blends Dance and Digital Effects

Human limbs float through inky space in Adriano Cirulli's gravity-defying video FallingMore »

This Is Your Brain on 'Call Me Maybe': The Scientific Power of Music

This Is Your Brain on 'Call Me Maybe': The Scientific Power of Music

Like food, sex, and drugs, music boosts dopamine levels to create addictive feelings of pleasure.  More »

The World's Largest X-Ray Generator, the Z Machine, Inspires Art

The World's Largest X-Ray Generator, the Z Machine, Inspires Art

Used to study the physical properties of dense stars like white dwarfs, Sandia National Laboratory's machine became the muse of a painter.  More »

Jookin' on the Ceiling: Lil Buck's Gravity-Defying Dance Moves

Jookin' on the Ceiling: Lil Buck's Gravity-Defying Dance Moves

The world-renowned dancer Lil Buck collaborates with filmmaker Jacob Sutton in this mind-bending video for NOWNESS. More »

On the Beauty of Handmade Slide Guitars

On the Beauty of Handmade Slide Guitars

Guitarkadia's documentary portrait of musician Mark Nilsen, who builds his own instruments More »

A Pod of Dolphins Gets Up Close and Personal With an Underwater Camera

A Pod of Dolphins Gets Up Close and Personal With an Underwater Camera

A fishing expedition discovers that their cheap HD camera has caught stunning video of a spontaneous visit from some aquatic friends. More »

James Victore on Why Design Is a Gift

James Victore on Why Design Is a Gift

From the 99U Conference, the designer shares insights about the principles that motivate his work.  More »

A Peek Inside Comedian Mitch Hedberg's Notebooks

A Peek Inside Comedian Mitch Hedberg's Notebooks

Hedberg's wife and fellow comedian, Lynn Shawcroft, shares personal stories about their creative process and life together.  More »

Meet DJ Wika, a 74-Year-Old Lady Who Throws Parties at a Warsaw Nightclub

Meet DJ Wika, a 74-Year-Old Lady Who Throws Parties at a Warsaw Nightclub

Wika Szmit's enthusiasm for music, dance, and fun is simply contagious.  More »

A Freaky Visual Journey Through a Human Skull, One MRI 'Slice' at a Time

A Freaky Visual Journey Through a Human Skull, One MRI 'Slice' at a Time

Christopher Powers transformed 2-D and 3-D scans of his body into an unnerving experimental film. More »

A Beautiful Visual Collage Celebrates the Unsung Hero of Sports

A Beautiful Visual Collage Celebrates the Unsung Hero of Sports

Everynone's latest video, Ball, is as simple (and charming) as it gets.  More »

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Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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