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COVER STORY
The Body
Kurt Andersen and science writer Natalie Angier talk about the body and its endless inspiration for artists.

Alibata Tattoo
Erick Gonzales tells the story of his tattoo and its connection to his culture and to his family. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.
Go to an article about alibata tattoo

Go to an alibata/baybayin translation site
Go to baybayin script tattoo phrases

Extra-Terrestrial Bodies
Behind the scenes with Phil Tippett who designs alien creatures for Hollywood filmmakers. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
Go to Tippett's studio's website

Streb
From crashing into mats to diving through glass, choreographer Elizabeth Streb aims to expose body's vulnerability and its durability in her dances. Produced by Tara Geer.
Go to Terry Dean Bartlett's site
Go to Streb's PR site
Go to Streb's website

SPECIAL GUEST
Natalie Angier
Natalie Angier is a Pulitzer prize-winning science writer and a regular contributor to the New York Times. She is the author of Woman: An Intimate Geography and The Beauty of the Beastly: New Views on the Nature of Life.
Go to Angier's publisher's website






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No Man's Land. Audiences at this year's Sarajevo Film Festival react to the first major film made by a native about the city's nightmare siege during the 1990s. Produced by Ilya Marritz.
Go to United Artists website
Go to Marritz' article about the film

Design For The Real World
Steven Heller wonders why automobile license plates have become so overwrought. Produced by Leital Molad.

Cement Cloud
Poet Bob Holman lives just a few blocks away from where the World Trade Center used to stand. He reads a piece he wrote about those first few weeks after the terrorist attack when, like most of America, he felt terribly afraid. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.
Go to the poem "Cement Cloud"
Go to Bob Holman's website

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