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Luciana Souza. Credit Kim Fox.
Luciana Souza. Credit Kim Fox.

Luciana Souza

Brazilian-born vocalist and Grammy winner "organically crosses genre borders"
Joe Lovano. Photo: Jimmy Katz.
Joe Lovano. Photo: Jimmy Katz.

Joe Lovano

“One of the greatest musicians in jazz history”—New York Times
Kaynak Pipers Band. Courtesy of the artist.
Kaynak Pipers Band. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Kaynak Pipers Band

Traditional kaba gaida folk music of Bulgaria
Simon Smith plays Stockhausen. Photos: Simon Smith (left), Delphian Records. Karlheinz Stockhausen (right), ©Getty Images, credit Erich Auerbach.
Simon Smith plays Stockhausen. Photos: Simon Smith (left), Credit: Delphian Records. Karlheinz Stockhausen (right), ©Getty Images, Credit: Erich Auerbach.

Simon Smith

Masterful and intrepid Stockhausen concert
Nik Bärtsch's Mobile. All rights reserved © 2015 by Christian Senti and Ronin Rhythm Productions

Nik Bärtsch’s MOBILE

Rigorously conceptual zen-funk
Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) Website, 2015, designed and engineered by NODE/Bengler. Photo: NODE/Bengler.

On the Record

Creating new shared territories for discursive and collaborative practices
duoJalal. Courtesy of the artists.
duoJalal. Courtesy of the artists.

duoJalal

"Fearless seekers and synthesizers of disparate instruments and cultures” —Toronto Star
A black and white photo of Guillermo Klein behind a microphone.
Guillermo Klein. Credit Andrea Bocallini.

Guillermo Klein

A stellar collision of vocal jazz, Latin music, and poetry
Sumie Kaneko. Courtesy of the artist.
Sumie Kaneko. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Sumie Kaneko

Traditional Japanese music with a jazz inflection
Christian Bök. Courtesy of the artist.
Christian Bök. Courtesy of the artist.

Christian Bök

Genetically engineered poetry
Fradreck Mujuru and Erica Azim. Courtesy of the artists.
Fradreck Mujuru and Erica Azim. Courtesy of the artists.

Fradreck Mujuru and Erica Azim

Celebrating the Shona mbira tradition
Mugaritz presents to MMEC seminar at MIT, 2014.
Mugaritz presents to MMEC seminar at MIT, 2014.

Mugaritz

Crossing culinary borders

Karim Ben Khelifa

Humanizing the enemy
Tomás Saraceno stands within a large artwork made of black cables and clear orbs.
Tomás Saraceno, Biosphere MW32/Flying Garden/Air-Port-City, 2007. Courtesy: Tomás Saraceno. Credit: Rokma.

Tomás Saraceno

Inflatable and airborne biospheres that expand our thermodynamic imagination
REVERBERATIONS September 25, 2014 MIT Museum SENSING September 27, 2014 2:00 – 5:00 pm Media Lab, MIT Building E14-674
Maya Beiser at the 2017 CAST Symposium. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Maya Beiser at the 2017 CAST Symposium. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Maya Beiser

Maya Beiser is a “cello goddess” -- The New Yorker
Agnieszka Kurant. Photo: Janek Zamoyski.
Agnieszka Kurant. Photo: Janek Zamoyski.

Agnieszka Kurant

Creating art through emergence and collective intelligence
Jacob Collier. Courtesy of the artist.
Jacob Collier. Courtesy of the artist.

Jacob Collier

“Jazz music’s new messiah” —The Guardian
Pedro Reyes. Photo: Ana Hop.
Pedro Reyes. Photo: Ana Hop.

Pedro Reyes

Reverse engineering warfare

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