Spoken Gems » art

V.S. Ramachandran: Neurology and the passion for art

Michael — Mon, 09 May 2011 14:12:19 +0000

V.S. Ramachandran shares his view and studies on the perception of art in the 40/40 Vision Lecture series.

Alain de Botton: On Pessimism

Michael — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:31:39 +0000

Alain de Botton praises the view ‘glass half-empty’.

Shane Hawley: Wile E. Coyote

Michael — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:38:46 +0000

Shawn Hawley at the National Poetry Slam 2010.

Arthur Ganson: Making moving sculpture

Michael — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:49:26 +0000

Arthur Ganson shows how he puts art into movement at TED 2002.

Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty

Michael — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:19:29 +0000

Denis Dutton talks about the evolution of beauty at TED.

Ben Cameron: The true power of the performing arts

Michael — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:39:37 +0000

Ben Cameron talks at TEDxYYC about the competition between live arts with the internet.

Felix Jung: Repetition and Variation

Michael — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:04:17 +0000

Though the audio quality isn’t that good, this presentation by Felix Young about repetition and variations is great.

Found at PresentationZen

Bill Strickland: Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time

Michael — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:19:45 +0000

In 2002 Bill Strickland presented his Manchester Bidwell institute in Pittsburgh and demonstrates that to give poor people a perspective is art. In any way an extraordinary TED talk.

Alan Moore: Advice for young Artists

Michael — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:27:45 +0000

During an interview, Alan Moore, comic author, has a valuable advice for young artists.

Chris Jordan: Picturing Excess

Michael — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:24:37 +0000

Artist Chris Jordan uses supersize art to create an image of large-scale statistics like the usage of plastic cups, misuse/abuse of prescrition drugs.

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