Making art of New York's urban ruins | Miru Kim

http://www.ted.com At the 2008 EG Conference, artist Miru Kim talks about her work. Kim explores industrial ruins underneath New York and then photographs herself in them, nude -- to bring these massive, dangerous, hidden spaces into sharp focus. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

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["TEDTalks", "TED", "talks", "Miru Kim", "art", "urban", "cities", "underground", "decay", "photography", "arts", "NYC", "New York City", "New York", "New", "York", "newyork", "nude", "naked", "rat", "rats", "subway", "tunnel", "tunnels", "subway tunnel", "explore", "exploration", "pictures", "naked city", "Naked City Spleen", "Berlin", "forbidden", "abandon", "abandoned", "building", "Naked City Arts"]

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Duration minutes: 14

Duration seconds: 31