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

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Uploaded by on Feb 27, 2009

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.

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  • This is not God's work this is Miru Kim's work.

  • Very talented young lady...Thanks for posting this in relation to psychology...This is basically a pictorial view of what shrinks do in peoples minds.

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  • good!

  • Why are woman so fixated on their naked body? These interiors would be beautiful itself without any flesh

  • @johnnycracko It's not about the nudity, it's about the fragility the photos represent . You obviously don't understand anything from an artistic point of view so why did you even bother to come to this video ? Your comment just shows your immaturity and lack of intelligence .

  • this girl, is special. She is persevere and brave, doing something beautiful that no girls before had ever tried to do

  • @johnnycracko shut up please. she takes beautiful pictures.

  • @johnnycracko uhm whatever. again you just prove how immature you are.

  • @Zorsha please go back to the hole you crawled out of. I never said nudity = sex. retard

  • @Zorsha Yep you certainly do sound like you need a bit of the old rumpy pumpy. Mid-life crisis maybe. Last word.

  • @showlink borrrring. sounds like someone just needs to go get laid....and get a life.

  • @Zorsha Hit a raw nerve? If you want to start being, to use your terminology, a "douche" then expect it back nanna.

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