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.

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 Night Before Christmas': A 107-Year-Old Film From Edison Studios

'The Night Before Christmas': A 107-Year-Old Film From Edison Studios

The classic poem comes to life with Santa Claus, real reindeer, and a soundtrack of early cylinder audio recordings.  More »

'Nothing Says Peace on Earth Like a Handgun for a Christmas Ornament'

'Nothing Says Peace on Earth Like a Handgun for a Christmas Ornament'

Meet the folks at GunsSaveLife.com, an Illinois nonprofit More »

Christmas Econ Lesson: You Can Buy Happiness (If You Know How)

Christmas Econ Lesson: You Can Buy Happiness (If You Know How)

A look at the science of gift giving More »

A Beautiful Animation Inspired by Carl Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot'

A Beautiful Animation Inspired by Carl Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot'

16 years after Sagan's death, Joel Somerfield brings the scientist's famous monologue to life.  More »

Fauna: Visit a Hospital for Insanely Adorable Wild Koalas

Fauna: Visit a Hospital for Insanely Adorable Wild Koalas

National Geographic travels to Port Macquarie, Australia, a few hours from Sydney, to visit the 40-year-old refuge for wild koalas.  More »

The Best Videos of 2012, From People Who Have the Best Taste in Videos

The Best Videos of 2012, From People Who Have the Best Taste in Videos

Just kidding! "Best of" lists are dumb. This is better. More »

How Heavy Metal Went Global

How Heavy Metal Went Global

Jörg Brüggemann's photographs document the worldwide popularity of metal culture.  More »

The Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province

The Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province

The Perennial Plate, a series about sustainable food, learns about  the value in 1,300-year-old techniques of farming rice. More »

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