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.

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 »

How the 'Spielberg Face' Makes Everything Look Awesome

How the 'Spielberg Face' Makes Everything Look Awesome

A video exposes the hilarious prevalence of that speechless expression of wonder in the director's films More »

Electric Literature: 'Baba Iaga and the Pelican Child'

Electric Literature: 'Baba Iaga and the Pelican Child'

Electric Literature embraces digital media in publishing and produces web videos inspired by the short stories in its magazine. Here, Alice Cohen brings a single sentence from Joy Williams's "Baba Iaga and the Pelican Child" to life. More »

A Post-Apocalyptic Music Video for We Barbarians

A Post-Apocalyptic Music Video for We Barbarians

This music video for "Chambray" follows a ragtag group through a bleak futuristic world, telling a story in a single slow-motion shot More »

Print Your Own Nano-Newspaper

Print Your Own Nano-Newspaper

BERG's Little Printer is a simple gadget that accommodates both nostalgia for printed text and demand for customized media consumption More »

The World's Tiniest Ski Resort

The World's Tiniest Ski Resort

Contrary to most extreme ski videos, this one miniaturizes the terrain in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for a new twist on an old genre More »

Girl Walk // All Day: Love on the High Line

Girl Walk // All Day: Love on the High Line

Chapter four of the dance film Girl Walk // All Day introduces a love triangle between three characters known simply as the girl, the gentleman, and the creep More »

Electric Literature: 'The Bastard'

Electric Literature: 'The Bastard'

Electric Literature embraces digital media in publishing and produces web videos inspired by the short stories in its magazine. Here, Joanna Neborsky brings a single sentence from Patrick deWitt's "The Bastard" to life. More »

Welcome to the 'Mad Men'-Era Suburbs

Welcome to the 'Mad Men'-Era Suburbs

A 1957 film produced by Redbook magazine promotes the suburban lifestyle of its young adult readers  More »

The Single Best Thing You Can Do for Your Health

The Single Best Thing You Can Do for Your Health

In his visual lecture "23 1/2 Hours," Dr. Mike Evans sheds light on a 30-minute wonder treatment that greatly improves health More »

Amazing Water-Powered 'Dolphin Jet Pack'

Amazing Water-Powered 'Dolphin Jet Pack'

Franky Zapata, a French jet ski designer, demonstrates his Flyboard, a jet pack that propels him over 30 feet into the air  More »

Electric Literature: 'Some Contemporary Characters'

Electric Literature: 'Some Contemporary Characters'

Electric Literature embraces digital media in publishing and produces web videos inspired by the short stories in its magazine. Here, Adam Thompson brings a single sentence from Rick Moody's short story "Some Contemporary Characters" to life  More »

Okkervil River's 'Your Past Life as a Blast' Explores Love and Memory

Okkervil River's 'Your Past Life as a Blast' Explores Love and Memory

A dreamy music video visualizes a couple's experience together from both perspectives More »

Girl Walk // All Day: Single Ladies

Girl Walk // All Day: Single Ladies

Chapter three of the dance film Girl Walk // All Day features the girl recruiting strangers to perform a variation of Beyoncé's "Single Ladies"  More »

Breakfast Exploding in Super Slow Motion

Breakfast Exploding in Super Slow Motion

Further proof that pretty much anything looks awesome when shot flying through the air with a Phantom camera at 1,000 frames per second More »

Fauna: Two Kittens Go Head to Head in 'Boxing Match'

Fauna: Two Kittens Go Head to Head in 'Boxing Match'

It's not the size of the kitten in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the kitten! The filmmaker insists no kittens were harmed in the making of this film More »

'The Gift': A Russian Sci-Fi Mini Thriller With a Twist

'The Gift': A Russian Sci-Fi Mini Thriller With a Twist

A mysterious box sparks mayhem among men and robots in The Gift, a short film directed by Carl Erik Rinsch More »

Miranda July's Handy Tip for the Easily Distracted

Miranda July's Handy Tip for the Easily Distracted

A deleted scene from Miranda July's film, The Future, demonstrates how to fight the forces of distraction, from gadgets to magazines More »

A Gorgeous Helicam Flight Over Arizona

A Gorgeous Helicam Flight Over Arizona

Desert Beauty was shot from a remote control helicopter for dreamy aerial footage of the landscape between Utah and Phoenix More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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