Happy holidays from TEDxTheHague!
You are cordially invited to our next salon! This New Year edition — themed How to Create a Masterpiece — is curated by TEDxTheHague regular Alexia Solomou. Alexia writes:
"Have you ever stopped while strolling in a gallery and stared at a painting? Have your emotions ever been stirred up by the sound of music? Have you ever stood in awe in front of a building? Have you ever picked up a book and were not able to leave it until its final page? This TEDx Salon will explore these questions."
We'll be watching and discussing the following videos:
Tracy Chevalier: Finding the story inside the painting
When Tracy Chevalier looks at paintings, she imagines the stories behind them: How did the painter meet his model? What would explain that look in her eye? Why is that man… blushing? She shares three stories inspired by portraits, including the one that led to her best-selling novel Girl With a Pearl Earring.
Bran Ferren: To create for the ages, let's combine art and engineering
When Bran Ferren was just 9, his parents took him to see the Pantheon in Rome — and it changed everything. In that moment, he began to understand how the tools of science and engineering become more powerful when combined with art, with design and beauty. Ever since, he's been searching for a convincing modern-day equivalent to Rome's masterpiece.
Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time
In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.
Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality's riddle
The world turns on symmetry — from the spin of subatomic particles to the dizzying beauty of an arabesque. But there's more to it than meets the eye. Here, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy offers a glimpse of the invisible numbers that marry all symmetrical objects.
RSVP if you want to attend
We hope this theme will resonate with you, awaken your curiosity and make you decide to attend TEDxTheHague. To stimulate conversation, we admit up to 20 guests. If you want to be put on our final guest list, please RSVP. First-come, first-served!
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