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Studio 360 Interview

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In May, 2006, Lu Olkowski from public radio's Studio 360 met with Don Ingber at Washington, DC's, Hirshhorn Musuem. It was in the museum's garden, nearly 30 years ago, that a Kenneth Snelson sculpture triggered an interesting notion in Ingber's mind -- that living cells are tensegrity structures, or structures that stabilize themselves by balancing tension and compression. In this interview, Don Ingber tells his story. [Original airdate: May 12, 2006]
Listen to the interview [mp3, 2.4MB]

About Studio 360

Studio 360 is a national radio show about arts and culture, hosted by novelist and journalist Kurt Andersen and produced by Public Radio International and WNYC. It presents richly textured and emotionally resonant stories that look at art's creative influence and transformative power in everyday life.


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Tensegrity in a Cell (interactive feature)

Dream Magazine: The Mechanical Cell

Needle Tower, at the Hirshhorn Museum

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