The Art of Human Connection | Ivan Cash | TEDxCulverCity

Interactive artist Ivan Cash’s collaborative projects bring strangers together in unexpected ways. From transforming 30,000 emails into handwritten letters (Snail Mail My Email) to inspiring strangers around the world to reveal candid moments from their phone (Last Photo Project), Ivan’s work reminds us it’s more important than ever to cultivate simple, yet profound moments of connection which are always available to us. Ivan Cash is an award-winning interactive artist and film director who believes in the power of human connection.

His conceptually-driven, genre-bending media projects spark meaningful conversation and impact culture, having been featured in The New York Times, CNN, TIME, The Guardian, Fast Company, Buzzfeed, The Atlantic, and received multiple Vimeo Staff Picks and Webby Honorees.

He has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 artist, an Art Directors Club Young Gun, and a Print New Visual Artist.

His work is in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and has exhibited internationally, from the Brooklyn Museum to the Australian Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences.

He is founder of Cash Studios——a creative studio specializing in a diverse range of projects celebrating human connection.

He believes talking to strangers can change the world, but nothing would make him happier than if you closed your eyes for 20 seconds and just listened to your breath. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx