Elizabeth Streb at TEDxMet

TEDx Met: Icons -- Elizabeth Streb
October 19, 2013

Elizabeth Streb, action architect, is a recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Award (1997) and a member of the New York City Mayor's Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission. In 2003, she established the STREB Lab for Action Mechanics in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of STREB: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero (2010, Feminist Press).

In 2011, the STREB company performed sold-out shows at New York's Park Avenue Armory, the Whitney Museum of American Art's downtown groundbreaking ceremony, and the River to River Festival. In addition, STREB was commissioned to participate in the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, where on One Extraordinary Day (July 15, 2012), from dawn to midnight, STREB dancers performed seven action events across major London landmarks, including the Millennium Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and ending with The Human Eye, a spoke-dance performed on the towering, iconic landmark, the London Eye.