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.

Float Over New York City at Dusk in a Gorgeous HD Video

Float Over New York City at Dusk in a Gorgeous HD Video

Aerial footage captures Manhattan's skyline at magic hour.  More »

'Has Hollywood Developed an Allergy to Originality?'

'Has Hollywood Developed an Allergy to Originality?'

A humours animated 'Op-Doc' explores the rich history of adaptation, plagiarism, and other forms of appropriation in art.  More »

Fauna: Why Sea Turtles Are Miraculous

Fauna: Why Sea Turtles Are Miraculous

An adorable, heartbreaking animated short tells the story of a 150 million-year-old species. More »

Technology Porn for Book Lovers: A 1940s Guide to Printing

Technology Porn for Book Lovers: A 1940s Guide to Printing

Letter by letter, line by line, page by page, an archival film reveals how a manuscript becomes a book.  More »

Analog Remix: A Music Video Is Printed, Painted, and (Re)Animated

Analog Remix: A Music Video Is Printed, Painted, and (Re)Animated

A stop-motion video for Rone's 'Parade' explores the boundaries between digital and physical.  More »

iPhone's Ansel Adams: Photographing the American West

iPhone's Ansel Adams: Photographing the American West

Kevin Russ, a professional photographer, documents landscapes and wildlife via iPhone and Instagram.  More »

Pondering Our Cyborg Future in a Documentary About the Singularity

Pondering Our Cyborg Future in a Documentary About the Singularity

Scientists, futurists, and other experts describe how we've begun to blur the lines between humans and technology.  More »

Fauna: The Beautiful (and Hilarious) Mating Dances of Birds of Paradise

Fauna: The Beautiful (and Hilarious) Mating Dances of Birds of Paradise

The Cornell Ornithology Lab and National Geographic are on a quest to document and understand this feat of evolution.  More »

Open-Source Art and the Rise of 'Creative Coding'

Open-Source Art and the Rise of 'Creative Coding'

From data visualizations to interactive video projections, many of today's groundbreaking artists are working with software. More »

Rooftop Gardens Pop Up in Beijing and Hong Kong

Rooftop Gardens Pop Up in Beijing and Hong Kong

Urban farming reaches new heights in the latest video from The Perennial Plate web series.  More »

Why Beer Is Good for America: A 1952 Propaganda Film

Why Beer Is Good for America: A 1952 Propaganda Film

The U.S. Brewers Foundation celebrates the American beer industry's contributions to soctiey. More »

Float Across Burma via Hot Air Balloon in a Gorgeous Travel Video

Float Across Burma via Hot Air Balloon in a Gorgeous Travel Video

Patrik Wallner, known for his skate videos, spent his week off shooting this three-minute escape.  More »

Meet Femen's Topless Feminist Activists

Meet Femen's Topless Feminist Activists

A documentary about the global movement of young, female activists known for their bold protest tactic: nudity More »

3D-Printed Records Sound Eerily Like Edison's Early Wax Recordings

3D-Printed Records Sound Eerily Like Edison's Early Wax Recordings

Amanda Ghassaei transforms digital audio files from Nirvana, New Order, and more, into playable 12" records.  More »

10 Cliff Dives More Awesome Than What Congress Just Did

10 Cliff Dives More Awesome Than What Congress Just Did

Nead a break from politics? Watch professional divers take the sport to breathtaking heights in this stunning video.  More »

Snowboarding in Downtown Montreal After a Record-Breaking Snowfall

Snowboarding in Downtown Montreal After a Record-Breaking Snowfall

Seb Toots hits the slope of Mt. Royal, in a park just next to the city's downtown.  More »

There Are Roughly Roughly 2 Million Bubbles in 1 Glass of Champagne

There Are Roughly Roughly 2 Million Bubbles in 1 Glass of Champagne

A French scientist has spent the past 15 years studying the physics of his country's most famous beverage.  More »

Photographing the Emancipation Proclamation

Photographing the Emancipation Proclamation

For the 150-year anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Smithsonian magazine recreates the historic tableau.  More »

The History of the Universe in 127 Seconds

The History of the Universe in 127 Seconds

From the Big Bang to the dawn of the 21st century, this video from Now This News reflects on the roller coaster ride of existence.  More »

Around the World in Snow Globes

Around the World in Snow Globes

London's Big Ben and other iconic cityscapes seem tiny when filmed through the glass bubble of a snow globe. More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Protests Spread Across Brazil

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