What are you afraid of? For most people this is a difficult question. Nevertheless fear is one of our main motivations in life and a constant issue in politics and media.
The big topics of our nowadays society: climate change, migration, work, terrorism, they all are directly connected to fear. But how does fear affect our daily life? What can we do about it?
Daria Nazarenko and Justus Pfeifer chose to travel peculiarly. Two bicycle frames welded on top of each other form a tallbike. And a tallbike provokes asking about danger and fear. It is a constant reminder on our asessement of danger. And while joking on normal movement and the fear of falling it tells us a lesson: Not everything that looks dangerous is bad.
The overcoming of fear turns into joy. And joy leads to talking.
On their way from Halle through northern Germany to Düsseldorf they were constantly talking to people about fear, finding out that fear is a lot more than just a feeling.
Daria Nazarenko studies art at the art academy in Düsseldorf. Inspired by her migration background she works on the topics of lifelines and traveling. Therefore she hitchhiked from Germany to Mongolia and crossed the atlantic ocean on board of the german research vessel Meteor.
Justus Pfeifer finished his Bachelor in industrial design at the Burg Giebichenstein university of art and design Halle. He dedicated projects to fear and playful possibilities of exploring it. After meeting world record tallbike builder Felix Guirola in Cuba, Daria and Justus decided to team up for a new project. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
