2019-20 Archives - Arts at MIT

Lochan Rijal speaks into a microphone while sitting on stage and holding a traditional Nepali instrument.

As part of the 2019-20 MIT Sounding series, Lochan Rijal, an award winning multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter from Nepal, performed a public concert of Nepali music featuring original compositions played on traditional Nepali instruments. Photo by Caroline Aldenr. Please ask before use.

Lochan Rijal

Sharing the rich heritage of traditional Nepalese music

Lakaï Dance Theatre. Credit: Nadelle Scott.

Lakaï Dance’s The Block: An Afro-Musical

Sharing personal stories and narratives through movement

Iva Bittová. Courtesy of the artist.

Iva Bittová

Czech avant-garde violinist, singer, and composer

Glenn Branca. Credit: Maria Jose Govea.

Glenn Branca. Credit: Maria Jose Govea.

Glenn Branca Ensemble

Honoring a pioneer of the avant-garde

Harry Allen. Courtesy of the Artist.

Harry Allen. Courtesy of the Artist.

Harry Allen and Rob Swift

MIT hosts harbanger, a battle DJ septet

Constanza Macras. Credit: Thomas Aurin.

Constanza Macras. Credit: Thomas Aurin.

Constanza Macras

Building dance theater from the ground up

A self-portrait, line drawing of Rosa Colón Guerra, by the artist.

Rosa Colón Guerra. Courtesy of the artist.

Rosa Colón Guerra

Challenging colonialist narratives through board games

Johnny Gandelsman performs in MIT Kresge Auditorium, February 2020. Credit: Leon Yim.

Johnny Gandelsman performs in MIT Kresge Auditorium, February 2020. Credit: Leon Yim.

Johnny Gandelsman

Violinist Gandelsman "plays with a balletic lightness of touch and a sense of whimsy and imagination" —Boston Globe

Jenna Sutela, nimiia seance, 2018. Photo: Anne Tetzlaff / Somerset House Studios.

Jenna Sutela, nimiia seance, 2018. Photo: Anne Tetzlaff / Somerset House Studios.

Jenna Sutela

Interspecies communicator using living material to explore the unknown

Diemut Strebe. Courtesy of the artist.

Diemut Strebe

How to make a diamond disappear

Artist standing in front of a large wall painting.

Matthew Ritchie at the ICA, where the British-born, New York-based artist had an 18-month residency. Credit: Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe.

Matthew Ritchie

Artistic explorations of existence and scale

Thom Kubli with Black Hole Horizon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Credit: Argeo Ascani.

Thom Kubli with Black Hole Horizon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Credit: Argeo Ascani.

Thom Kubli

Exploring the boundaries of physical space and floating structures

Photo credit: Cem Talu.

Hussein Chalayan.

Hussein Chalayan

Transformable fashion

Lisa Dwan presents "A Body of Beckett" at MIT, 2019. Credit: Leon Yim.

Lisa Dwan

"...an instrument of Beckett.” - The New York Times

Sarnath Banerjee. Credit: Hemant Sareen.

Sarnath Banerjee

Demystifying social science through creative storytelling

Thomas Heatherwick. Credit: Elena Heatherwick.

Thomas Heatherwick. Credit: Elena Heatherwick.

Thomas Heatherwick

Prolific and varied work over two decades is characterized by its ingenuity, inventiveness, and originality.