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Inside America's dead shopping malls

Dan Bell · TED

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About

What happens when a mall falls into ruin? Filmmaker Dan Bell guides us through abandoned monoliths of merchandise, providing a surprisingly funny and lyrical commentary on consumerism, youth culture and the inspiration we can find in decay.

The talk

  1. Inside America's dead shopping malls 12 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxMidAtlantic
Speaker
Dan Bell
Year
2016
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Astronomy and space, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
Who can watch
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