# The mind-bending art of deep time

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDWomen 2021
- Speaker: Katie Paterson
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_paterson_the_mind_bending_art_of_deep_time)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Short-sightedness may be the greatest threat to humanity, says conceptual artist Katie Paterson, whose work engages with deep time -- an idea that describes the history of the Earth over a time span of millions of years. In this lively talk, she takes us through her art -- a telephone line connected to a melting glacier, maps of dying stars – and presents her latest project: the Future Library, a forested room holding unread manuscripts from famous authors, not to be published or read until the year 2114.

## Lectures

1. [The mind-bending art of deep time](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/katie_paterson_the_mind_bending_art_of_deep_time/50f296931b5a), 7 min (TED's player)