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.

Dubstep Moves on the Great Wall of China

Dubstep Moves on the Great Wall of China

Not your average amazing viral dance video, this one was shot on the actual Great Wall of China More »

How Christmas Lights Get Recycled

How Christmas Lights Get Recycled

Adam Minter's video from a recycling plant in Shijiao, China, sheds light on what happens after the holiday festivities die down More »

The Republican 'Superhero Primary'

The Republican 'Superhero Primary'

Nine-year-old Ari tracks down most of the republican candidates to ask, "If you could be any superhero, who would you be and why?" More »

When Christmas Presents Attack

When Christmas Presents Attack

The Happy Holidays video genre gets a morbid, but hilarious, twist  More »

Girl Walk // All Day: Creepin'

Girl Walk // All Day: Creepin'

In chapter six of the dance film Girl Walk // All Day, the character known simply as the "creep" takes center stage in his skeleton jumpsuit More »

The True Story of the Baghdad Country Club

The True Story of the Baghdad Country Club

How exactly does one decide to open a bar in Baghdad at the height of the Iraq war? Here Joshuah Bearman's nonfiction tale comes to life through animation by Colleen Cox and sound design by Pat Walters More »

A Tiny 'Snow Globe' Time-Lapse of Los Angeles

A Tiny 'Snow Globe' Time-Lapse of Los Angeles

Colin Mika used a variety of tricks to film the sprawling vistas of Los Angeles as if they were inside a tiny snow globe (which is actually a light bulb filled with water) More »

An Imaginary Friend With Benefits

An Imaginary Friend With Benefits

Creepy and hilarious, Mister Handsome explores what happens when a woman reconnects with a childhood imaginary friend and romance blossoms More »

Extreme Weather: Episode 3

Extreme Weather: Episode 3

Extreme Weather looks at the weather-related disasters that seem to be plaguing the planet with increasing frequency due to global warming. This episode covers drought in Mexico and floods in Australia More »

The Surreal Fanfare of a North Korean Military Parade

The Surreal Fanfare of a North Korean Military Parade

In 2010, Dan Chung captured one of North Korea's largest military parades in mesmerizing slow motion More »

Electric Literature: 'Byzantium'

Electric Literature: 'Byzantium'

Electric Literature embraces digital media in publishing and produces web videos inspired by the short stories in its magazine. Here, artist Peter Lundgren brings a single sentence from Ben Stroud's "Byzantium" to life More »

A Beautiful Time-Lapse of Washington D.C.'s Sights at Night

A Beautiful Time-Lapse of Washington D.C.'s Sights at Night

For District Nights, Andrew Geraci spent two years composing time-lapse shots of Washington's historic monuments at dusk More »

Fauna: Baby Sloth Sanctuary

Fauna: Baby Sloth Sanctuary

A teaser for Lucy Cooke's full-length documentary Too Cute! Baby Sloths for Animal Planet More »

Cindy Gallop's Black Apartment

Cindy Gallop's Black Apartment

Former ad executive Cindy Gallop is an infinitely quotable speaker on business, innovation, and sex -- and she also happens to have a very cool apartment More »

A 360° Music Video for Alan Wilkis's 'Come and Go'

A 360° Music Video for Alan Wilkis's 'Come and Go'

This panoramic music video is actually a full 360º image, shot with a special HD camera developed by Kogeto More »

A Winter Wonderland of Messed-Up Snowmen From 'Calvin and Hobbes'

A Winter Wonderland of Messed-Up Snowmen From 'Calvin and Hobbes'

A brilliant tribute to Bill Watterson's classic comic strip brings Calvin's twisted snow creations to life More »

Electric Literature: 'Three Figures and a Dog'

Electric Literature: 'Three Figures and a Dog'

Electric Literature embraces digital media in publishing and produces web videos inspired by the short stories in its magazine. Here, Andre da Loba brings a single sentence from Roberto Ransom's "Three Figures and a Dog" to life. More »

Girl Walk // All Day: Mopeds and Dance Offs

Girl Walk // All Day: Mopeds and Dance Offs

Chapter five of the dance film Girl Walk // All Day takes you on a breathless tour of N.Y.C. on a bright red moped  More »

Lyle Owerko's Photographs of Giant, Old-School Boomboxes

Lyle Owerko's Photographs of Giant, Old-School Boomboxes

In The Boombox Project, a short documentary by Paul Stone, photographer Lyle Owerko reflects on his creative process and his photo tribute to the genesis of hip hop More »

The Year in Movies: 250 Films Edited Into 1 Trailer

The Year in Movies: 250 Films Edited Into 1 Trailer

2011: Cinescape is one of the best movie mashups this year, blending a staggering 250 films into a cohesive whole More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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