{"id":643633,"date":"2013-02-23T13:57:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T18:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=69980"},"modified":"2013-02-23T16:34:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T21:34:32","slug":"setting-up-for-ted2013-backstage-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/643633","title":{"rendered":"Setting up for TED2013: Backstage photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_69981\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 910px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/dsc03351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69981\" alt=\"Setup starts on the TED2013 stage in Long Beach.\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/dsc03351.jpg?w=900&#038;h=506\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Backstage setup starts on the TED2013 stage in Long Beach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A monumental amount of effort goes into setting up for TED. This year\u2019s iteration in Long Beach is no different. Construction of our stage started on Wednesday, and it wasn\u2019t long before the entire Long Beach Performing Arts Center was full of the buzz of technicians, workers and artists getting ready for next week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70059\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 540px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/8498890339_f49493689f_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70059\" alt=\"Setting up for TED 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/8498890339_f49493689f_b.jpg?w=530&#038;h=353\" width=\"530\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist and TED2013 speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.ted.com\/TED2013\/program\/speakers.php#1516\">Jordy Fu<\/a> (center, in green jacket) works on the installation of her cut-paper piece &#8220;Cloud&#8221; (2013) for the lobby of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. Above her hangs <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/tednews\/plexus-c2-many-views\/\">Gabriel Dawe&#8217;s &#8220;Plexus C2,&#8221;<\/a> installed for TED2012 and now part of the permanent collection at the LBPAC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_69998\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 540px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/dsc03398.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-69998\" alt=\"Hanging speaker signs in the lobby at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center.\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/dsc03398.jpg?w=530&#038;h=297\" width=\"530\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanging speaker signs in the lobby at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_70058\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 540px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/8499996244_8b2c43f6ac_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70058\" alt=\"Reflections of the TED2013 speakers in the windows of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/8499996244_8b2c43f6ac_b.jpg?w=530&#038;h=353\" width=\"530\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflections of the TED2013 speakers in the windows of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Photos: James Duncan Davidson (photos 1 and 3); Ryan Lash (photos 2 and 4)<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/69980\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/69980\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;%23038;post=69980&#038;%23038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/EkBudU7Cwvc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backstage setup starts on the TED2013 stage in Long Beach. 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