Visiting Artists

John Chowning playing the Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer at Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). Credit: Chuck Painter / Stanford News Service

John Chowning

The inventor of FM synthesis, John Chowning revolutionized the music industry.

2012

Either/Or Ensemble

Expanding the gray area between composition and installation, composer and performer, music and sonic environment

Jason Moran. Image courtesy of the artist.

Jason Moran

Adventurous jazz pianist Jason Moran presents an improvisation of music, sound, movement and video with longtime collaborator, MIT professor and performance art icon Joan Jonas.

2011

The Ascoli Ensembe. Image courtesy of the artists.

Ascoli Ensemble

Vocal ensemble using technology to reconstruct unusual medieval repertoires

Robert Wilson at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Robert Wilson

Visionary avant-garde director Robert Wilson’s experiments in theater and opera have definitively shaped the art form for generations to come

2011

Visiting Artist Jamshied Sharifi

Jamshied Sharifi

Composer, producer, and keyboardist Jamshied Sharifi '83 premiered "Awakening" in commemoration of the revolutionary uprisings of the Arab Spring

2012

Bang on a Can performs at the FAST New Music Marathon Concert. Credit: Christine Southworth.

Bang on a Can

With an ear for the new, the unknown, and the unconventional, Bang on a Can strives to expose worldwide audiences to exciting and innovative music.

2012

Anne Lilly. Courtesy of the Artist

Anne Lilly

Anne Lilly’s sensuous and interactive sculptures connect physical realities with the interior world of the mind.

2014

Ben Houge. Image courtesy of the artist.

Ben Houge

Working at the nexus of music composition, video games, performance, sound installation, and digital art, Ben Houge explores the sonification of real-time data with MIT researchers.

2012

Image: Vik Muniz at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Vik Muniz

Shifts in scale, photographic manipulation, and unexpected materials

Don Byron at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Don Byron

Legendary clarinetist and composer forging what he calls "a sound above genre"

2012, 2013

Mel Chin and Rick Lowe

Exploring the complexities of building healthy communities through art and activism

Guilherme Marcondes. Image Courtesy of the Artist

Guilherme Marcondes

Guilherme Marcondes makes captivating films and animations that probe the relationship between humans and our constructed environment.

2013

Florian Hecker. Credit: Leon Chew.

Florian Hecker

In his installations, live performances and publications, Florian Hecker’s psychoacoustic experimentations dramatize perceptions of sound and space in an immersive intensity.

Scanner and Stephen Vitiello. Credit: Meg Rotzel

Scanner and Stephen Vitiello

Sonic investigations into bodily experience and spatial practice

Boston Camerata. Image courtesy of the artists.

The Boston Camerata

Anne Azéma, Artistic Director

February 28, 2015

Suzanne Bocanegra. Credit: Peter Serling.

Suzanne Bocanegra

Suzanne Bocanegra’s visual art draws upon sound and movement as she coaxes new meanings from the intersections of these modalities.

"Grabbing at Newer Vegetables," Anicka Yi, The Kitchen, New York, 2015. Photo: Jason Mandella.

Anicka Yi

Investigating the powers of olfactory sensation

October 20-24, 2014 at the MIT List Visual Art Center

Alvin Lucier. Credit: Michael Schroeater.

Alvin Lucier

A legendary composer blurs the lines between experiment, composition, and art installation

SOUNDING September 27, 2014 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Media Lab, Building E14-674

Tauba Auerbach at the CAST Symposium. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Tauba Auerbach

A visual distillation of complex mathematical and scientific concepts

SEEING September 26, 2014 1:30 - 4:00 pm Media Lab, E14-674

Wacław Zimpel. Image courtesy of the artist.

WacŁaw Zimpel

Classical clarinetist lights up Polish jazz scene

2015

Lontano Ensemble. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Lontano Ensemble

Lontano is synonymous with “the future in music.”

Keith Ellenbogen, Photograph of the artist. Image courtesy of the artist.

Keith Ellenbogen

Using ultra high-speed cameras to showcase underwater worlds in exquisite detail.

The Jupiter Quartet performs Beethoven Quartet Cycle: Concert I at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Jupiter Quartet

Chamber music ensemble performs Beethoven’s foundational String Quartets

2014

John Akomfrah and Lina Gopaul. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington

John Akomfrah and Lina Gopaul

The films of John Akomfrah and Lina Gopaul, founders of the influential Black Audio Film Collective, are the catalyst for an exploration of the overarching theme of “cinematic migrations.”