The timeless, ancient language of art | Wangechi Mutu

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🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Using found materials and mesmerizing structures that unearth deep-rooted emotions, Wangechi Mutu's visual creations celebrate our collective history and explore how art communicates into the future. From ancient rock carvings in the Sahel to her own chimeric abstractions, she shares her journey of self-discovery and reminds us all that we already speak the most ancient language of all.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:11.0	You're listening to Ted Talks daily.
0:12.5	I'm your host, Elise Hugh, and I'm so thrilled you're about to hear from visual artist
0:17.0	Wangeshi Moutou.
0:18.9	Her Ted 2023 talk illuminates the way art can speak across time and across cultural
0:24.5	boundaries.
0:26.2	After the talk, she sat down with me off stage to break down the backstory of her
0:29.9	work that really empowers women and shows us a way to the future.
0:34.8	And if you happen to be in New York City, check out her show at the New Museum stretching
0:38.2	across the entire museum and open until June 4th.
0:43.1	All that after a short break.
0:45.8	Hey everyone, it's Adam Graham.
0:51.0	Welcome to Rethinking, my podcast on the Science of What Makes Us Tick.
0:55.8	I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating
1:00.2	people to explore how they think and what we should all rethink.
1:06.1	This season, we're exploring how fiction affects our minds with psychologists and novelist
1:10.6	Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
1:12.3	Like when you read a book, you can actually get inside someone else's head in the way
1:17.0	that you never could in reality.
1:19.7	And then follow Rethinking with Adam Graham, wherever you're listening.
1:28.0	I believe art is an ancient language that we use to communicate with each other into
1:35.3	the future.
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