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.
To call attention to issues of light pollution and the lack of green space in cities, Luzinterruptus, a street art collective in Spain, created an eerie sidewalk installation of "mutant weeds." More »
The cult classic film Reefer Madness is part anti-drug propaganda and part salacious exploitation flick. More »
The epic nature series gets an adorable twist with new voiceover by children. More »
By the late sixties, anti-drug films adopted a new strategy to reach kids -- an accepting attitude and groovy vibe. More »
In The World's Most Downloaded Man, a promotional film for a photo studio, a photographer tracks down the most ubiquitous male model in stock photography. More »
As solar storms reach a maximum in 2012-2013, the northern lights are more beautiful than ever. More »
As we near the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster, the Smithsonian shares its discovery of the sole surviving map of the airship's final voyage. More »
Sander van den Berg pairs images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions with music by the Cinematic Orchestra. More »
The world-famous "jetman," Yves Rossy, claims to be the "the first and only man in the history of aviation to fly with a jet-propelled wing." More »
Based on research by scientists at University College, London, a video from AbeBooks explains the causes of the characteristic odor of old books. More »
Two filmmakers used HDR (high dynamic range) photography to capture amazing contrast and detail inside a century-old mental institution. More »
A space shuttle flying low on the back of a plane is a sight to behold -- here's how it works. More »
The Hindu celebration is captured with a Phantom Flex, a high-speed camera that can record upwards of 10,000 frames per second. More »
Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, provides a new perspective on the iPhone's interface. More »
Dialogue With Life, a documentary from the late fifties or early sixties, looks back at medicine in 1931 before health insurance. More »
A short film by marine biologist Tierney Thys dramatizes "the secret life of plankton" with jaw-dropping footage of the ocean's microscopic organisms. More »
A vibrant, inventive little world blossoms in a music video for Vadoinmessico's "Teeo." More »
Steve Hershon made a name for himself as "the Hands of Hollywood" doing hand insert modeling for the TV hits of the seventies and eighties. More »
Take a mini-vacation to Hawaii and watch color-saturated cloudscapes zoom by. More »
The Wonder Hospital, a visually stunning short animated film, tells a surreal and twisted story. More »
