Random Talks

Hans Aarsmans talk at TEDxAmsterdam was titled From pretty to ugly and back again; mysterious ways of beauty in photography and the audience judged it

Mistubako Matsuo inhabits an utterly poetic world humming with the mysteries of the honeybee. Fieldwork and frequent visits to local beekeepers across

What kind of entertainment would Neo see in the Matrix? No need to imagine, kids̶ just watch Shiro-A. The troupe’s ingenious pop-cerebral antics are r

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/from-aaliya… Jonathan Mannion once convinced rapper DMX to climb into a pool of blood — all in

Imamaru Hayashiya – Paper Cutting Artist A paper-cutting entertainer in the vaudeville tradition, Imamaru Hayashiya is also a paper-cutting arti

Why is it that so many people think they can’t draw? Where did we learn to believe that? Graham Shaw will shatter this illusion – quite literally R

Viacom/MTV executive Ross Martin shares how his background in poetry uniquely and appropriately prepared him for the business world.

Amin Bahari is an unpublished Sudanese comic artist-turned-animator and film director. Amin is currently a trainee in Emergency Medicine and animates

Mathematics explains the workings of the universe, from particle physics to engineering and economics. Math is even closely related to music, and thei

Scapino Ballet is one of the leading dance ensembles in the Netherlands. Most of it’s exclusive repertoire is made by Ed Wubbe, choreographer an

Among the great poets of literary history, certain names like Homer, Shakespeare and Whitman are instantly recognizable. However, there’s an early 20t

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-brief-his… Before we began putting art into museums, art mostly served as the visual counterpart t

Leslie Kee was born in Singapore. After graduating from photography school in Tokyo, Kee spent five years working in New York City before returning to

In her talk about “Selfies”, Elizabeth A. Urbanski covers the fascinating and sometimes puzzling phenomenon of publicly posted instant sel

If Edison is an inventor, Yoichi Ochiai is a wizard. He integrates science and art, combining digital and analog media such as electronic circuits and

Why did an Irish economist working for the EU in Tokyo end up making a powerful and incisive film about suicide in Japan? Simple: a friend and neighbo