Rives

Rives

TED Speaker | Innovative Performance Poetry and Multimedia Storytelling

🇺🇸United States6 talks4 with video

About

Rives transforms language into art, blending poetry and multimedia in ways that challenge traditional storytelling. As a pioneering performance poet, he crafts experiences that transcend conventional artistic boundaries, turning words into living, breathing performances.

His unique approach deconstructs poetry, making it accessible and vibrant for diverse audiences. Whether on stage at TED or in creative collaborations, Rives demonstrates how poetry can be a dynamic, multimedia experience that connects, provokes, and inspires.

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Talks6

4 with video
Featured Talk

The Museum of Four in the Morning

Beware: Rives has a contagious obsession with 4 a.m. At TED2007, the poet shared what was then a minor fixation with a time that kept popping up everywhere. After the talk, emails starting pouring in with an avalanche of hilarious references—from the cover of "Crochet Today!" magazine to the opening scene of "The Metamorphosis." A lyrical peek into his Museum of Four in the Morning, which overflows with treasures.

TEDActive 2014Mar 2014

More Talks

A mockingbird remix of TED2006

TED2006🇺🇸MontereyApr 2007

The 4 a.m. mystery

TED2007🇺🇸MontereyMar 2007

If I controlled the Internet

TEDSalon 2006Dec 2006
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