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A photo of a child in a military uniform reads "How to become a dictator in 12 steps."
How to become a Dictator in 12 steps. Detail from the interface for the Anatomy of Revolution website (in progress). [Photo of child, courtesy the Arab Image Foundation]. 2020.

Anatomy of Revolution

Archiving movements of protest
Profile view of Sean Jones playing the trumpet.
Sean Jones, Jazz at the Bistro. Courtesy of the artist.

Sean Jones

Under the auspices of CAST’s MIT Sounding series, It Must Be Now!, led by Fred Harris, brings together three leading musicians to collectively compose a large-scale work for MIT musicians on the overall theme of racial justice.
Braxton Cook stands in front of a red background, holding his alto sax down at his waist.
Braxton Cook. Credit Tom Van Scoyoc.

Braxton Cook

Under the auspices of CAST’s MIT Sounding series, It Must Be Now!, led by Fred Harris, brings together three leading musicians to collectively compose a large-scale work for MIT musicians on the overall theme of racial justice.
Terri Lyne Carrington smiles while playing on drums.
Terri Lyne Carrington. Credit: Jacobs.

Terri Lyne Carrington

Under the auspices of CAST’s MIT Sounding series, It Must Be Now!, led by Fred Harris, brings together three leading musicians to collectively compose a large-scale work for MIT musicians on the overall theme of racial justice.
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
Talia Khan speaks into a microphone on stage in Kresge Auditorium with a large projection of images of Brazil behind her.
Hearing Amazonia performance, MIT Kresge Auditorium, November 2021. Image Credit: Danny Goldfield.

Hearing Amazônia–The Responsibility of Existence

Exploring the plight of the natural world through Brazilian and Amazonian music
A musical score.
VALIS. Courtesy of Tod Machover.

VALIS

Reimagining live performance interactivity for a new generation

A Black History Month Celebration

Presented by Mass General Hospital and the Front Porch Arts Collective
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
Cristina Parreño Alonso

Cristina Parreño Alonso’s Tectonics of Wisdom

Expanding architecture’s temporal sensibilities through the material ancient wisdom of the library
Three people pose next to a geometric architectural installation.
The Open Collectives team is initiated by MIT’s Future Urban Collectives Lab founded and directed by architect Rafi Segal (back right), in collaboration with MIT Civic Data Design Lab director Sarah Williams (front), artist Marisa Morán Jahn (left), and futurist Greg Lindsay (not pictured). Photo: Marisa Morán Jahn.

Rafi Segal and Marisa Jahn’s Architecture for New Collectives

Tent installation of Azra Aksamija's exhibition, Displaced Empire.
Azra Aksamija, Displaced Empire, 2021. The Imperial Banner depicts refugee designs as a conduit for heritage and cultural reproduction at Azraq. Laser burned drawing on denim. Courtesy of the MIT Future Heritage Lab.

Azra Akšamija’s Displaced Empire

How does Al Azraq Refugee Camp live together?
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
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
Viola Ago and Hans Tursack. Courtesy of the artists.
Viola Ago and Hans Tursack. Courtesy of the artists.

Hans Tursack and Viola Ago’s Understorey

Toward a twenty-first century ecological design
Ian Hattwick. Courtesy of the artist.
Ian Hattwick. Courtesy of the artist.

Ian Hattwick’s Instrument Design as Artistic Practice

Discovering new sounds and new forms of music-making
Graham Jones. Courtesy of the artist.
Graham Jones. Courtesy of the artist.

Graham Jones and Seth Riskin’s Paranormal Machines

Detecting and measuring the mysterious
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
Harry Allen. Courtesy of the Artist.
Harry Allen. Courtesy of the Artist.

Harry Allen and Rob Swift

MIT hosts harbanger, a battle DJ septet
Jay Scheib, The Silence, 2019. Credit: Jay Scheib.

Jay Scheib’s The Silence

Dream worlds collide with real worlds in an endless spiral down
Constanza Macras. Credit: Thomas Aurin.
Constanza Macras. Credit: Thomas Aurin.

Constanza Macras

Building dance theater from the ground up
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