Kurt Andersen and curator Paola Antonelli talk about how materials drive art and design. Hear why the artist Matthew Barney obsesses over the properties of Vaseline and how a blacksmith fell in love with iron. And listen to a string quartet play instruments made from a single maple tree. Kurt also talks to architect Daniel Libeskind about his winning design proposal for the World Trade Center site.
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