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Virtual Choir
Virtual Choir on TED
Not really Art History but still cool use of the medium.
I particularly like the quote “All my life I had seen in black and white and… now shocking technicolour. The single most transformative moment in my life.”
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For those unfamiliar with Mozart TURN UP the volume and press play:
While I have heard an amazing version of the Kyrie in la Madeleine in Paris
few years ago, for me this moment of revelation was Bach’s Toccata & Fugue in d minor.
Again TURN UP the volume and BASS, imagine yourself 18 years old, alone in France, and standing in the middle of the labyrinth in Chartre Cathedral when suddenly:
Press play:
The day before the world had exploded into Technicolour as I stood in front of my first Van Gogh.
It is also called an epiphany
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Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty and life around the world (video)
TED | Talks | Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty and life around the world (video)
About this Talk
In a follow-up to his now-legendary TED2006 presentation, Hans Rosling [[Walter Allward]] demonstrates how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He shows us the next generation of his Trendalyzer software — which analyzes and displays data in amazingly accessible ways, allowing people to see patterns previously hidden behind mountains of stats.
Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty and life around the world (video)
TED | Talks | Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty and life around the world (video)
About this Talk
In a follow-up to his now-legendary TED2006 presentation, Hans Rosling demonstrates how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He shows us the next generation of his Trendalyzer software — which analyzes and displays data in amazingly accessible ways, allowing people to see patterns previously hidden behind mountains of stats. (Ten days later, he announced a deal with Google to acquire the software.) He also demos Dollar Street, a program that lets you peer in the windows of typical families worldwide living at different income levels. Be sure to watch straight through to the (literally) jaw-dropping finale.
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