HOMEhttp://www.valerielapinski.com/journal/en-US2012-02-23T11:11:09ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Working On: February 12, 2012http://www.valerielapinski.com/journal/2012/2/12/working-on-february-12-2012.htmllapinski2012-02-12T19:27:45ZWorking OnLast week I worked with Time's photo department to create fourteen videos featuring some of the year's best performers on film. The interviews and portraits were shot by Sebastian Kim and his talented team. Here's a video of some highlights. Visit the Lightbox post to watch videos of the individual interviews...including the dreamy Michael Fassbender.

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In December, I visited the University of North Carolina campus to interview Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz for our latest Game Changers video. Everyone was so nice and I learned a lot about the physics of football! Here's the finished piece, shot by Jason Dowdle and edited by Bret Sigler.

]]>Obession of the Day: January 8, 2012http://www.valerielapinski.com/journal/2012/1/8/obession-of-the-day-january-8-2012.htmllapinski2012-01-08T15:48:49ZObsession of the DayMy past few days have been filled with dance. First, I went to see a few of the very last performances of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. I was drawn to Merce's work through two friends; one who is a dancer with the company, and one who is a dance enthusiast and performing arts librarian. I've never experienced anything like the performance at the Park Avenue Armory, where the audience is in constant movement along with the dancers, and the music comes at you from all sides.

Then, I went to see Pina.

And now all I want to do is grow my hair waist-length and wear silk gowns absolutely everywhere.

]]>Working On: December 18, 2011http://www.valerielapinski.com/journal/2011/12/18/working-on-december-18-2011.htmllapinski2011-12-19T01:28:05ZWorking OnRemember that profile I told you I was working on, about the designer of the High Line? Here it is! Wonderfully edited by my friend and colleague Bret Sigler.

]]>Working On: December 15, 2011http://www.valerielapinski.com/journal/2011/12/15/working-on-december-15-2011.htmllapinski2011-12-15T14:21:42ZWorking OnTIME announced the 2011 Person of the Year: The Protester. I think it's a great choice. However important you think these types of media distinctions are, I think it's very hard to find another "person" who so embodies the mood and the action of the year. I rarely say this about magazines, even the one I work for, but I think this issue is simply inspiring.

We made lots of videos to accompany our Person of the Year package. Above is one I made with TIME's Deputy International Editor, Bobby Ghosh. 

]]>Obsession of the Day: December 11, 2011http://www.valerielapinski.com/journal/2011/12/11/obsession-of-the-day-december-11-2011.htmllapinski2011-12-11T14:49:13ZObsession of the Day

Yesterday, while wearing a pair of goggles that make everything look upside-down, I encountered a giant mushroom. Also, I slid down a slide that spanned three floors of a building. I loved the Carston Holler exhibition at the New Museum. I wanted to take those goggles home, but the guy at the desk told me they cost $1500.

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The weather has been un-December-y, which has been a boon to the production of my current video project, a feature about James Corner, the landscape architect for the High Line. I've been working with the talented shooters Yoni Brook and Almudena Toral, and the footage looks glorious. Unlike this blurry Hipstamatic photo I took. But at least you can see how wonderful Friday's shoot was. December!

]]>Obsession of the Day: November 20, 2011http://www.valerielapinski.com/journal/2011/11/20/obsession-of-the-day-november-20-2011.htmllapinski2011-11-20T14:28:18ZObsession of the Day

Something amazing has happened in Sitka, Alaska, where I used to live. Some contractors (on Halloween!) found human remains beneath the historic Cable House building, where KCAW's studios are. This is spine-tingling news, because I'd always suspected that the radio station was haunted. Sure, people told me it was just the wind. But when you arrive in the dark of 4:30 a.m. to host Morning Edition and the doorknob to the locked engineering office begins to rattle as if someone is trying to escape...or when you're doing a midnight show by yourself and you hear heavy footsteps shuffling to and fro yet no one is there...I mean, come on. And maybe I encouraged some paranormally-curious volunteers to keep their antennae up for haunted incidents. Maybe I helped build up just a little bit of hype.

There's not much information yet about who this person was or whether their remains are culturally significant (especially with the Native community), but I'm excited to hear updates as the archaeolgists do their thing. And I hope that, whatever supernatural twinklings surround the Cable House, that all souls are at peace.

]]>Working On: November 13, 2011http://www.valerielapinski.com/journal/2011/11/13/working-on-november-13-2011.htmllapinski2011-11-13T16:57:30ZWorking OnI had the opportunity to travel to Las Vegas and environs to interview the CEO of Zappos, Tony Hsieh. We talked about work-life integration and his company's ambitious plans to revitalize downtown Las Vegas. I LOVED working on this one.

]]>Obsession of the Day: November 4, 2011http://www.valerielapinski.com/journal/2011/11/4/obsession-of-the-day-november-4-2011.htmllapinski2011-11-05T03:32:55ZObsession of the DayI'm obsessed with murmurations. Both the word itself and the phenonemon. Look here for images on TIME.com, and here for a beautiful video on Vimeo.

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