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.

A Time-Lapse Tour of Murmansk's Industrial Arctic Vistas

A Time-Lapse Tour of Murmansk's Industrial Arctic Vistas

Murmansk in Motion features the frozen landscapes of the Russian port city, the largest city north of the Arctic Circle   More »

The Joy of Dumpster Diving

The Joy of Dumpster Diving

The Perennial Plate, a series about sustainable eating created by Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine, takes a look at the wealth of food that grocery stores throw out every day. More »

A World of Eerie Light-Painted Creatures in 'Rippled'

A World of Eerie Light-Painted Creatures in 'Rippled'

Oh Yeah Wow's music video for All India Radio consists of gorgeous long-exposure photographs of hand-drawn shapes. More »

Fauna: Orangutans With iPads

Fauna: Orangutans With iPads

The Milwaukee County Zoo has a novel approach to keeping its bored primates engaged and active: iPads More »

Kodak's Swinging '60s Commercial for Flashcube

Kodak's Swinging '60s Commercial for Flashcube

A Kodak commercial from the sixties features its Instamatic camera and Flashcube technology -- four flash bulbs in one, to make party photography a snap. More »

The Kodak Home Movie System of the 1950s

The Kodak Home Movie System of the 1950s

"Fun's more fun, when you save it in pictures!" goes the theme song of this 1959 ad for Kodak's easy-to-use consumer cameras More »

Go Go Gadget Dance: One Song, Four Dance Videos

Go Go Gadget Dance: One Song, Four Dance Videos

Yak Films documents street dance around the world, and here they take one track, Ta-ku's version of the Inspector Gadget theme, and shoot four styles of dance -- hip hop, popping, krumping and toprock / house. Click through for the rest of the videos.  More »

Before They Were Famous

Before They Were Famous

This montage of cameos features 25 actors before they were household names, including Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, Seth Rogen, and more More »

Two Brothers' Hilarious Commentary on Their Old Home Videos

Two Brothers' Hilarious Commentary on Their Old Home Videos

John and Richard Ramsey revisit their old VHS home videos from childhood, adding their own pitch-perfect DVD-style voiceover. Click through for two more videos. More »

One Photographer's Journey Around the World in Over 6,000 Photos

One Photographer's Journey Around the World in Over 6,000 Photos

Abandoning a successful business career, Kien Lam quit his job and spent a year traveling around the world, shooting stunning time-lapse videos in 17 countries.  More »

Amazing Underwater Video Turns Ice Fishing Into Performance Art

Amazing Underwater Video Turns Ice Fishing Into Performance Art

Divers in Finland create a surrealist scene under the ice of Lake Saarijärvi. More »

Playmobil Joy Division Plays 'Transmission'

Playmobil Joy Division Plays 'Transmission'

This music video faithfully recreates a 1979 live recording of Joy Division's "Transmission" with Playmobil figures. More »

Electric Literature:  'A Fable for the Living'

Electric Literature: 'A Fable for the Living'

Electric Literature embraces digital media in publishing and produces web videos inspired by the short stories in its magazine. Here, Kim Young Ha brings a single sentence from Kevin Brockmeier's "A Fable for the Living" to life. More »

An Animation That Plays on the Spokes of a Bicycle

An Animation That Plays on the Spokes of a Bicycle

Inspired by the earliest animation techniques, Katy Beveridge designed cutout patterns for bicycle wheels that, when recorded on video at 25 frames per second, create an illusion of movement  More »

A Breathtaking Ski Film Explores the Heights of Whistler, British Columbia

A Breathtaking Ski Film Explores the Heights of Whistler, British Columbia

Athan Merrick and Nicolas Teichrob created Parallels in just seven days, blending stunning footage with inventive editing for a surprisingly polished result More »

Burning Man by Night

Burning Man by Night

In Burning Man: Rites Of Passage - Night, Ahmed ElHusseiny captures rare scenes from the festival at night More »

Burning Man by Day

Burning Man by Day

In Burning Man: Rites Of Passage - Day, Ahmed ElHusseiny braved the heat and dust of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada with a DSLR to capture dreamy scenes from the festival More »

A Time-Lapse Tour of Moab, Utah

A Time-Lapse Tour of Moab, Utah

In MOAB, Sung Kim captures stunning time-lapse vistas of Utah's national parks More »

Highlights From the Atlantic Video Channel 2011

Highlights From the Atlantic Video Channel 2011

In the spirit of celebrating, rather than ranking, our eclectic mix of content, here is a selection of standout videos in no particular order More »

Fauna: The New Year's Eve Possum Drop

Fauna: The New Year's Eve Possum Drop

Clay's Corner in Brasstown, North Carolina, hosts an unusual New Year's Eve tradition More »

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