Rives

Performance Artist, Poet & Storyteller

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Rives Biography

Part poet, part storyteller, part philosopher, Rives is the co-host of TEDActive as well as a frequent TED speaker. On stage, his poems burst in many directions, exposing multiple layers and unexpected treats: childhood memories, grown-up humor, notions of love and lust, of what is lost forever and of what's still out there waiting to unfold. Chimborazo.

A regular on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Rives also starred alongside model Bar Refaeli in the 2008 Bravo special Ironic Iconic America, touring the United States on a "roller coaster ride through the eye-popping panorama of American pop culture." Flat pages can't contain his storytelling, even when paper is his medium. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Present expands to reveal moving parts, hidden areas and miniature booklets inside.

His latest project—the Museum of Four in the Morning—is an ode to a time that may well be part of a global conspiracy. In a good way.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/13/2024.

Rives Videos

  • Rives: Declaration of Independence
    John Rives opens the Thursday afternoon keynote session at RSA Conference 2020 in San Francisco with his spoken word, "Declaration of Independence".
  • Rives: 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...
  • Rives on the Brain: Rives at TEDxCaltech
    Rives is a writer from Los Angeles by way of New York City and the open road. He likes what most people like: wordplay, romance, motorcycles and the...

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