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Joan Jonas At MIT
Joan Jonas is the pioneering artist representing the U.S. at the Venice Biennale, and she’s got a show at MIT.
June 01, 2015
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Notes on Vamp: Johanna Fateman on Joan Jonas’s “Organic Honey’s Visual Telepathy.”
Jonas’s groundbreaking 1972 video Organic Honey’s Visual Telepathy—an autonomous work related to a performance of the same name, also from that year—begins with the artist’s transformation into the electronic seductress.
Summer 2015
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Eva Kot’átková examines balance of imagination, socialization
Czech artist Eva Kot’átková’s work, now up at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, embodies socialization’s traps and cages.
June 01, 2015
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The Making of MIT’s Collier Memorial
J. Meejin Yoon, head of MIT’s architecture department, commemorates fallen campus police officer Sean Collier with vaults of solid granite.
May 22, 2015
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Syncopasian Advances in WGBH Singing Competition
Syncopasian, a co-ed a cappella group at MIT, advanced to the final round of the new WGBH singing competition Sing That Thing! Syncopasian competed against high school, college and adult singing groups to make it to the finals, where they … Continued
May 22, 2015
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Höweler + Yoon Unveil a Striking Memorial on MIT Campus
J. Meejin Yoon, working with her colleagues and students at MIT, has designed a monument to Officer Sean Collier, a victim of the Boston marathon bombers, in massive granite blocks with sweeping curves.
May 19, 2015
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Venice Biennale Awards Announced
The envelopes have been opened and the lions held happily aloft.
May 10, 2015
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Questionnaire: Joan Jonas
Frieze Magazine interviews Joan Jonas following her exhibition at the 2015 Venice Biennale.
May 10, 2015
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Venice Biennale represents rebalancing in the art world
A Nigerian art critic and museum director is the first African to curate the Biennale contemporary art fair that opens Saturday for its seven-month run, while female artists are representing more countries than ever in national pavilions – trends seen … Continued
May 9, 2015
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Memorial unveiled in honor of Collier
The dedication of a permanent memorial to Officer Sean A. Collier was held on April 29 in a ceremony that emphasized the strength of both Collier and the MIT community.
April 30, 2015
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HÖWELER+YOON COMBINE CUTTING-EDGE TECH AND AGE-OLD CRAFT TO COMPLETE THE SEAN COLLIER MEMORIAL AT MIT
In honor of the slain MIT patrol officer, the university commissioned Boston-based Höweler+Yoon Architecture to design the Sean Collier Memorial—a somber, grey stone structure that marks the site of the tragedy. The heaviness of the unreinforced, fully compressive masonry structure is meant to … Continued
April 30, 2015
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MIT Dedicates Memorial to Officer Killed by Marathon Bombers
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has dedicated a permanent memorial in honor of campus police Officer Sean Collier, who was slain by the Boston Marathon bombers.
April 29, 2015
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Killer Mike to deliver killer lecture at MIT
Killer Mike views rap as social activism, and never shies away from sharing his opinions on race and abuses of power.
April 22, 2015
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MIT’S CENTER FOR ART, SCIENCE, & TECHNOLOGY RECEIVES $1.5 M. GIFT FROM MELLON FOUNDATION
MIT’s Center for Art, Science, & Technology (CAST) has been given $1.5 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the purpose of supporting the center’s “multidisciplinary creative experimentation and integration of the arts across all areas of MIT.”
April 22, 2015
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MIT’s Center for Art, Science, and Technology Gets $1.5 Million
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has given MIT’s Center for Art, Science, and Technology $1.5 million, bringing its total support for the center to $3 million since 2012.
April 22, 2015
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Foundation gives $1.5m to MIT’s CAST
The MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) is getting another $1.5 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
April 22, 2015
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A joyful tribute to minimalist pioneer Terry Riley
At MIT, a welcome and ambitious new series called Sounding, curated by composer Evan Ziporyn, has bookended its inaugural season with celebrations of two icons of American experimental music, beginning with a program devoted to Alvin Lucier and culminating on … Continued
April 21, 2015
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From the President: MIT Artist on a Global Stage
This spring, MIT is being recognized in a different realm, in a different European city: at the 56th Venice Biennale, the most prestigious contemporary art event in the world, Joan Jonas, professor emerita in MIT’s program in Art, Culture, and … Continued
April 21, 2015
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Killer Mike to Speak About Race Relations at MIT
Killer Mike, one half of hip-hop duo Run the Jewels, is slated to speak at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about the state of race relations in America as well as how technology affects the issue and conversation.
April 21, 2015
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Killer Mike Will Give “Race Relations” Lecture At MIT
We can’t think of a better emcee to give a lecture on race relations than Killer Mike. With racial tensions bowling over in America, Killer Mike of Run The Jewels has been an advocate for improving race relations and bringing awareness to … Continued
April 20, 2015
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Killer Mike to Give Race Relations Lecture at MIT
This Friday, Killer Mike will speak as part of MIT’s “Hip-Hop Speaker Series” for a talk called “Race Relations in the U.S.”
April 19, 2015