Informal development in the northern peripheries of Mumbai, India, 2015. Credit: Matthew Niederhauser, John Fitzgerald, and the MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism
Visiting Artists
Credit: Wikimedia
Chuck Hoberman
With Hoberman, MIT students invent new transformable mechanisms
2012
Composer Libby Larsen. Courtesy of the Artist.
Libby Larsen
Composer and articulate advocate for the music and musicians of our time
2004
Santiago Calatrava. Credit Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times.
Santiago Calatrava
Santiago Calatrava is well known for his neofuturist style and his wild feats of engineering. The Milwaukee Art Museum, his first building in the United States, is famous for its shading “wings” that open and close in response to the position of the sun.
2005
David Sheppard. Image courtesy of the artist.
David Sheppard
Realizing visionary new artworks through live performance and cutting-edge technology
Small Instruments, visiting artist Pawel Romanczuk
Pawel Romanczuk, Small Instruments
Complex sounds from small instruments
2014
Bill Viola, Five Angels for the New Millennium, 2001. Credit: Kira Perov.
Bill Viola
Instrumental in establishing video as a vital medium of contemporary art
2009
Gustavo Dudamel conducts.
Gustavo Dudamel
Acclaimed worldwide as one of the most exciting and compelling conductors of our time, Gustavo Dudamel’s infectious energy and exceptional artistry have made him one of the most sought-after conductors by orchestras and opera companies around the world.
2010
Robert Lepage, Der Ring des Nibelungen. Metropolitan Opera. Credit: Ken Howard.
Robert Lepage
Versatile in every form of theater craft, Robert Lepage is equally talented as a director, playwright, actor and filmmaker
2012
Terry Riley, Terry Riley's 80th Birthday Concert, 2015. Photo: L. Barry Hetherington.
Terry Riley
Minimalist legend
April 18, 2015
Eric Singer. Credit: Elizabeth Keating.
Eric Singer
A leading expert in the use of sensors and robotics in multimedia systems
Victor Gama. Credit: Najib Nafib.
Victor Gama
Victor Gama’s work addresses the relationship between instrument building and music composition, while using new technologies and the creative practices of Africa and the Diaspora.
Christopher Janney, Harmonic Convergence, 2011. Credit: PhenomenArts.
Christopher Janney
Creating a sense of spontaneity in the urban landscape
Portrait of the artists. Photo by Christine Southworth.
EVIYAN
World roots, post-minimalism and jazz in a singular, earthy and intense sound
Arnold Dreyblatt
Arnold Dreyblatt
Media artist and composer explores audio visual perception and memory
EVENING PERFORMANCE
September 27, 2014
7:00 pm
Media Lab, E14-674
Trimpin, Image from the film Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, 2009. Credit: Peter Esmonde.
Trimpin
In his creative experiments, Trimpin engages the visual, spatial, and kinetic properties of sound to “play instruments in such a way that no matter how complex the composition of the timing, it can be pushed over the limits.”
Tristan Perich, 1 Bit Symphony, 2010. Credit: D Yee.
Tristan Perich
In composing, Tristan Perich opens up the sound-making possibilities of the raw machinery itself, always “getting one step closer to the flow of electricity through the microchip.
Roomful of Teeth. Courtesy of the Artists.
Roomful of Teeth
The expressive potential of the most basic instrument: the human voice
Julia Ogryzidiak, Okeanos, 2012. Credit: RJ Muna
Julia Ogrydziak
Creating experiential art works and performances that draw from architecture, art, electronic music, science, nature, and more
Andy Cavatorta. Image courtesy of the artist.
Andy Cavatorta
Through the design of such complex and experimental instruments, Andy Cavatorta explores the ways in which we create meaning through sound.
Arthur Ganson, Gestural Engineering. Credit: Joshi Radin.
Arthur Ganson
Kinetic sculptor Arthur Ganson creates machines at once whimsical and philosophical
Hauschka performs at the CAST Marathon Concert. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Hauschka
Fueled by a love of rhythm, Hauschka’s (Volker Bertelmann) classicist training, chamber music sensibilities and pop cultural interests all come together to create playful, unpredictable and inventive music.
Mark Stewart. Credit: Christine Southworth.