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Black and white illustration of two people having a fist fight while others watch.
Water Wars: Episode 2, The Eternal Swamp. Illustration by Sarnath Banerjee

Water Wars

Demystifying social science through creative storytelling
Lion's Jaw. Courtesy of the artists.

Lion’s Jaw

Creating an environment where risk, rigor, and rebellion can flourish through dance

Rania Ghosn’s The Planet After Geoengineering

Speculative futures for planet Earth
Adesola Akinleye faces the camera and smiles.
Portrait of Adesola Akinleye. Credit: Foteini Christofilopoulou.

Adesola Akinleye

Investigating the embodied choreography of urban space
Lupe Fiasco. Courtesy of the artist.

Lupe Fiasco

Breaking down and building up the languages of rap
Anat Cohen. Credit Shervin Lainez.
Anat Cohen. Credit Shervin Lainez.

Anat Cohen

A virtuoso widely recognized as one of the most vital clarinetists working today
Luciana Souza. Credit Kim Fox.
Luciana Souza. Credit Kim Fox.

Luciana Souza

Brazilian-born vocalist and Grammy winner "organically crosses genre borders"
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
A man performs clarinet
Don Byron at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Don Byron

Legendary clarinetist and composer forging what he calls "a sound above genre"
2012, 2013
Photo credit: Cem Talu.
Hussein Chalayan.

Hussein Chalayan

Transformable fashion
Lisa Dwan stands in profile against a dark black background and points off to the left.
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. Credit: Hemant Sareen.

Sarnath Banerjee

Demystifying social science through creative storytelling
Photo: © John Scarisbrick.

Carsten Höller

Manifesting the art-science of sleep and dreaming

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