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Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

A punk-rock mentality breathes new life into a 350-year-old art form
A dark lit and highly saturated image of a forest.
Ken Urban's The Conquered. Courtesy of the artist.

The Conquered

A new multimedia theater piece inspired by innovations in neurotechnology
Circular images of deserted mountains and a rock sundial.
The Deep Time Project. Courtesy of Cristina Parreño Alonso.

The Deep Time Project

Reframing current global challenges from the deep (planetary) and shallow (human) timescales
Illustrations of a turquoise droplet with bold "splash" text.
Be Aware of Droplets and Bubbles, by Lydia Bourouiba and Argha Manna.

A Paradigm Shift in Infectious Diseases

Critical role of paradigm shifts in science illustrated through respiratory infectious disease transmission
Exhibition opening reception, credit Heidi Erickson.

Machine Learning and the Arts

Exploring the creative potential of emerging digital technologies
Melissa Isidor standing in Mill Creek with a map of the area.
In Search of the Buried River. At the heart of the story is Mill Creek, a river that was buried in a sewer, and a West Philadelphia neighborhood that bears its name. Credit: Melissa Isidor

Making Change: In Place Over Time

What does it mean for research to be racially just and restorative?
Two ballet dancers in floral leotards and hat piece on stage.
Dancers of the Oakland Ballet Company perform at the Dancing Moons Festival at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in Oakland, California, Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022.

Ballet des Porcelaines

A story of magic, desire, and exotic entanglement
Installation view of Two Mobility Futures.
Two Mobility Futures, 2022, MIT. Courtesy of the artists.

Two Mobility Futures 0∞

Divergent futures where humans move constantly, or not at all
Installation view of humans in space from the Hammer and the Feather exhibit.
The Hammer and the Feather is an immersive audio and visual installation, developed at MIT by technical instructor Christian Frederickson and visual artist and filmmaker Greg King. Bridging humanistic and scientific inquiry, the piece uses gravity as a poetic and conceptual departure point for musical, visual, and sonic material. Photo by Danny Goldfield https://bit.ly/3a8YjxW Please ask before use

The Hammer and the Feather

Exploring the sonic poetry of gravity
Proton Animation. Courtesy of James LaPlante, Sputnik Animation. © MIT and Jefferson Lab, 2021, All Rights Reserved.

Visualizing the Proton

Illustrating the subatomic world
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
Game pieces of gem and colorful map of the Promesa Board Game.
Promesa Board Game: Understanding Puerto Rico’s debt crisis through play. Image credit: HErickson/MIT.

Promesa: Voicing Counter Colonialism Through Board Game Creation

Understanding Puerto Rico’s debt crisis through play
A black and white photograph of Fabio Tavares (right) observing fellow performer Natalia deCampos (left) looking away from him, down to the left.
Natalia deCampos and Fabio Tavares perform in a workshop of Immense Joy/Hots. Credit: Ana Busto.

Immense Joy / H.o.t.S

Clarice Lispector’s brutal and tender exploration of what it truly means to be poor
Digital illustration of small human forms sitting on four black inflated oval tubes.
Rendering for See Us Seesaw Together. Credit: Ana Miljacki and the Critical Broadcasting Lab.

See Us Seesaw Together

Kinetic connection at a physical distance

Front Porch Collective

A black theatre company committed to advancing racial equity in Boston through theater
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
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. 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
Image credit: Danny Goldfield.
Songs from Extrasolar Spaces featuring Boston's Lorelei Ensemble, 2019.

Elena Ruehr’s Songs from Extrasolar Spaces

Translating the cosmos into music
CAST Visiting Artist Billy Novick performs in The Great Clarinet Summit. Credit: Sham Sthankiya/MIT.
CAST Visiting Artist Billy Novick performs in The Great Clarinet Summit. Credit: Sham Sthankiya/MIT.

Billy Novick

"Sincerity... elegance... a lovely celebration of tunefulness" — Downbeat
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
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