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Jonny Sun: You’re Not Alone In Feeling Lonely
For Jonny Sun, loneliness felt like being an alien on a distant planet, alone in the universe.
April 24, 2020
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Orbiting, la nuova installazione fluttuante sulla storia dell’umanità
Una sorta di carosello onirico sospeso nell’aria, con oggetti di ogni natura che girano in maniera circolare formando un’orbita immaginifica e surreale
April 23, 2020
Coronavirus the musical: U.S. scientists turn virus into melody to aid research
From tinkling harmonies as the virus disarms cells to clashing and stormy as it replicates, U.S. scientists have translated the novel coronavirus’ spiked protein structure to music in an effort to better understand the pathogen.
April 20, 2020
https://umbigomagazine.com/en/
The Opening Response: Jay Scheib
The Opening Response titles a special series of interviews with artists, curators, writers, composers, mediators, and space-makers around the world.
April 17, 2020
Coronavirus’s complex spiked structure inspires translation into music
Coronaviruses get their name from the crown of spikelike proteins that surround them. Now, the protein spikes of the novel coronavirus have been turned into an intriguing musical composition — one researchers hope could inspire new ways to fight the … Continued
April 11, 2020
https://science.sciencemag.org/
Scientists have turned the structure of the coronavirus into music
You’ve probably seen dozens of images of the novel coronavirus—now responsible for 1 million infections and tens of thousands of deaths. Now, scientists have come up with a way for you to hear it: by translating the structure of its … Continued
April 3, 2020
http://www.forbes.com/
Making New Proteins From Music
Last year, MIT researchers announced that they were turning the biochemical properties of proteins into music. Now, they’ve used those musical compositions to create entirely new proteins.
March 28, 2020
http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/
RAMI GEORGE’S VIDEOS SHOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO GROW UP IN A CULT
The drawings and video included in George’s first institutional solo exhibition, which was scheduled to open at the MIT List Visual Arts Center this month, stem from an effort to unpack these childhood experiences through art.
March 24, 2020
http://www.forbes.com/
Open Source Goes Mainstream – How Sharing Is Shaping The Future Of Music
Open source developments in music are leading the industry in a new direction.
March 19, 2020
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com
Amino Acid Rock Music Helps Build New Proteins
Some scientists teach computers to “see” proteins. Markus Buehler is teaching them to hear the compounds instead
March 18, 2020
https://www.museumnext.com/
Meaningful museum interpretations using virtual reality
If the purpose of museums is to reflect on our reality, can virtual reality interpretation add a new and valuable dimension?
March 4, 2020
http://www.artnet.com
Buildings With Skin and Wearable Digestive Systems: How Neri Oxman Is Revolutionizing the Relationship Between Biology and Design
The MIT professor’s new show “Material Ecology” is open now at the Museum of Modern Art.
February 27, 2020
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/
Six Must-See Spring Art Exhibitions in and Around Boston
Where to go and what to see for your spring design fix.
February, 20, 2020
https://artery.wbur.org
‘Colored People Time’ Confronts How Blacks Navigate Race Each Day
The show, called “Colored People Time,” dives into questions of race, colonization, and reparations.
February 17, 2020
https://www.pri.org/
Artist Christine Sun Kim on ‘deaf rage,’ the Super Bowl and the power of sound
When artist Christine Sun Kim performed the national anthem in American Sign Language (ASL) at the Super Bowl on Feb. 2, she hoped it would give the Asian Deaf community some comfort to see someone like her on national TV.
February 13, 2020
http://www.nytimes.com/
Time Is Still a Mystery to ‘Einstein’s Dreams’ Author
Why Alan Lightman, astrophysicist turned writer, traded black holes for black ink.
February 13, 2020
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This Artist and Super Bowl Performer Wants to Make Her Work—And Her Wardrobe—Accessible
If you didn’t catch California-born, Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim’s work at the Whitney Biennial last year, and if you didn’t make it to the Museum of Modern Art’s first major exhibition of sound in 2013, then you likely first … Continued
February 10, 2020
http://www.classical-scene.com
A Fiddling Twist to the Bach Cello Suites
No rule book prohibits someone from playing music on an instrument for which it wasn’t originally written.
February 10, 2020
Becca Albee
Because we are living in times of overwhelming, and daily, and sometimes unimaginable loss; because we are living in times when the extinction of species and the loss of certain ways of living are considered inevitable, and certain lives “ungrievable,” … Continued
February 10, 2020
MIT Department Of Architecture Announces Its Spring 2020 Public Programs
The MIT Department of Architecture has announced its spring 2020 public program starting from February 10 with a film screening of Jill Magid’s The Proposal, followed by a discussion with Caroline A. Jones, Timothy Hyde, and Ana Miljački.
February 10, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com
Dancing through Bach’s sublime Cello Suites, on the violin
Bach’s Six Cello Suites are the beating, deep-souled heart of the cello repertoire.
February 10, 2020
https://www.broadwayworld.com/
Sundance Institute Has Announced Seven Fellows for Sundance Institute Artist Residency at Ucross
Sundance Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides and preserves the space for independent artists in film, theatre, and media to create and thrive, and Ucross, a prestigious artist residency program and creative laboratory for the arts, and have announced seven … Continued
February 6, 2020
http://www.artnet.com
Christine Sun Kim, the Transgressive Deaf Artist, Will Sign the National Anthem Alongside Demi Lovato During the Super Bowl
In an interview, Kim explains why she accepted the opportunity to perform during one of America’s most-watched events and what it means to the Deaf community.
January 28, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com
Violinist Johnny Gandelsman finds ‘infinite possibilities’ in Bach’s cello suites
January 2015. The violinist Johnny Gandelsman — Moscow-born, New York-based, and a member of such restlessly curious groups as the Silk Road Ensemble and the string quartet Brooklyn Rider — is on the small stage of MIT’s Killian Hall.
January 24, 2020
https://mommypoppins.com/
20 Fun Things To Do in Boston with Teens
Inspire your science-loving teens with a visit to the MIT Museum.
January 24, 2020